Title Napalm : an American biography / Robert M. Neer.

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Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.

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Description	1 online resource (viii, 310 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Prologue -- Hero -- Harvard's genius -- Anonymous research no. 4 -- American kamikazes: suicide bomber bats -- We'll fight mercilessly -- The American century -- Soldier -- Freedom's furnace -- Vietnam syndrome -- Seeing is believing -- Indicted -- Pariah -- Baby burners -- Trial of fire -- The third protocol -- Judgment day -- The weapon that dare not speak its name -- Epilogue: the whole world is watching.
Summary	Robert Neer has written the first history of napalm, from its inaugural test on the Harvard College soccer field, to a Marine Corps plan to attack Japan with millions of bats armed with tiny napalm time bombs, to the reflections of Phan Thi Kim Phuc, a girl who knew firsthand about its power and its morality.
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Subject	Napalm -- History.
	Napalm.
	History.
	Incendiary weapons -- History.
	Incendiary weapons.
	Incendiary bombs -- Design and construction -- History.
	Incendiary bombs.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Weapons systems -- History.
	United States.
	Armed Forces.
	Weapons systems.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Neer, Robert M., 1964- Napalm. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013 9780674073012 (DLC) 2012034926 (OCoLC)809789708
ISBN	9780674075450 (electronic book)
	0674075455 (electronic book)
	9780674073012
	0674073010

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