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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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Hellfire boys, the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons, Theo Emery

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-519) and index

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hellfire boys

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1009086098

Responsibility statement

Theo Emery

Sub title

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

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

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"

Target audience

adult

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