| Description |
1 online resource (x, 279 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in war, society and the military
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Studies in war, society, and the military.
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| Note |
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 2002. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261) and index. |
| Contents |
The political challenge : descent to atrocities? -- The army's experience : new weapons, new soldiers -- The scientific divide : chemists versus physicians -- Whose business is it? Dilemmas in the gas industry -- Gas as a symbol : visual images of chemical weapons in the popular press -- The reestablishment of the gas taboo and the public debate : will gas destroy the world? |
| Summary |
The advent of poison gas in World War I shocked Britons at all levels of society, yet by the end of the conflict their nation was a leader in chemical warfare. Although never used on the home front, poison gas affected almost every segment of British society physically, mentally, or emotionally, proving to be an armament of total war. Through cartoons, military records, novels, treaties, and other sources, Marion Girard examines the varied ways different sectors of British society viewed chemical warfare, from the industrialists who promoted their toxic weapons while maintaining private contro. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World War (1914-1918) |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Chemical warfare -- Great Britain.
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Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Academic theses.
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Academic theses.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Girard, Marion. Strange and formidable weapon. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008 9780803222236 0803222238 (DLC) 2007042731 (OCoLC)175289947 |
| ISBN |
9780803222052 (electronic book) |
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080322205X (electronic book) |
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9780803222236 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0803222238 (Cloth) |
| Standard No. |
9786611241452 |
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