The Resource Hellfire boys : the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons, Theo Emery
Hellfire boys : the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons, Theo Emery
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The item Hellfire boys : the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons, Theo Emery represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 535 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- 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"
- Isbn
- 9780316264105
- Label
- Hellfire boys : the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons
- Title
- Hellfire boys
- Title remainder
- the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons
- Statement of responsibility
- Theo Emery
- Title variation
-
- 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
- Subject
-
- Chemical warfare -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Chemical weapons
- Military art and science
- Military engineering
- trueChemical warfare
- trueWeapons of mass destruction
- trueWorld War I
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Chemical warfare
- World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
- United States, Army | Chemical Warfare Service -- History
- Chemical warfare -- Research -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- PNX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Emery, Theo
- Dewey number
- 358/.34097309041
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- facsimiles
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- UG447
- LC item number
- .E44 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- United States
- World War, 1914-1918
- Chemical warfare
- Chemical warfare
- World War, 1914-1918
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Hellfire boys : the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons, Theo Emery
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-519) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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"
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 535 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780316264105
- Lccn
- 2017942376
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, facsimile
- System control number
-
- on1009086098
- (OCoLC)1009086098
- Label
- Hellfire boys : the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons, Theo Emery
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-519) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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"
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 535 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780316264105
- Lccn
- 2017942376
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, facsimile
- System control number
-
- on1009086098
- (OCoLC)1009086098
Subject
- Chemical warfare -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Chemical weapons
- Military art and science
- Military engineering
- trueChemical warfare
- trueWeapons of mass destruction
- trueWorld War I
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Chemical warfare
- World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
- United States, Army | Chemical Warfare Service -- History
- Chemical warfare -- Research -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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