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the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons

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Hellfire boys

the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons

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Traces the actions of the "Hellfire Battalion," a group of American engineers who were trained in gas warfare and were sent to the front lines in France to launch multiple assaults against the Germans.

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Little, Brown and Company
Language
English
Pages
535

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Subjects
World War, 1914-1918, United States. Army. Chemical Warfare Service, Chemical warfare, Research, United States, History, World war, 1914-1918, United states, army, history, World war, 1914-1918, united states
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United States
Times
20th century

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Hellfire Boys: The Birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the Race for the World's Deadliest Weapons
Nov 06, 2018, Back Bay Books
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Hellfire Boys: The Birth of the U. S. Chemical Warfare Service and the Race for the World¿s Deadliest Weapons
2017, Little Brown & Company
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Table of Contents

Introduction: January 5, 1993
Prologue
Part I. Catalyst. Holy week ; An American University ; Diabolical instruments ; Technical men ; Amos and Goliath ; "Fiendish work"
Part II. Flash point. "A hotter fire" ; Over there ; "A constant menace" ; "Science and horror" ; "He who gasses last, gasses best"
Part III. Retort. First gas and flame ; The Meuse and the mousetrap ; "All to the mustard" ; "War to the knife" ; "Fight the devil" ; "The devil's perfume"

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-519) and index.

Other Titles
Birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons, Birth of the United States Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons

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Dewey Decimal Class
358/.34097309041
Library of Congress
UG447 .E44 2017, UG447.E54 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxi, 535 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
535

ID Numbers

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OL26941493M
ISBN 10
0316264105
ISBN 13
9780316264105
LCCN
2017942376
OCLC/WorldCat
1009086098

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