Title Villainous compounds : chemical weapons and the American Civil War / Guy R. Hasegawa ; foreword by Bill Gurley.

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Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2015.

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Description	1 online resource (pages cm)
	text file
Series	UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Foreword / Bill J. Gurley -- Improvements in Warlike Instrumentalities -- Greek Fire, American Style -- The Torch for the Torch -- No Living Being Will Escape -- Portending the Green Cloud -- Insinuating Dust -- Prostrated by Inhaling It -- Destroying Fluids -- Fire and Brimstone -- Sharp Horrors of Sundry Weapons -- Vulgar Poisons in Honourable Warfare -- Glossary.
Summary	"This book is a study of the diverse array of chemical weapons that were deployed, prepared for use, or proposed during the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
	Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Technological innovations.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Inventions -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Inventions.
	Chemical weapons -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
	Chemical weapons.
	Chemical weapons -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Ordnance and ordnance stores -- History -- 19th century.
	Armed Forces.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Weapons systems -- History -- 19th century.
	Weapons systems.
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Genre/Form	Sources.
	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Author	Project Muse.
ISBN	9780809334315 electronic book
	0809334313 electronic book
	0809334313
	9780809334308 cloth alkaline paper
	0809334305 cloth alkaline paper

Title Villainous compounds : chemical weapons and the American Civil War / Guy R. Hasegawa ; foreword by Bill Gurley.

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