LEADER 00000cam a2200745Ia 4500 001 ocn228165403 003 OCoLC 005 20160527041655.2 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 080516s2008 nbua obm 001 0 eng d 016 7 014601713|2Uk 019 245523883|a437200616|a476136130|a648350635|a663425396 |a712977677|a744545816|a764492144|a815556736 020 9780803222052|q(electronic book) 020 080322205X|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780803222236|q(cloth ;|qalkaline paper) 020 |z0803222238|q(Cloth) 024 8 9786611241452 035 (OCoLC)228165403|z(OCoLC)245523883|z(OCoLC)437200616 |z(OCoLC)476136130|z(OCoLC)648350635|z(OCoLC)663425396 |z(OCoLC)712977677|z(OCoLC)744545816|z(OCoLC)764492144 |z(OCoLC)815556736 037 124145|bMIL 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dYDXCP|dOCLCQ|dIDEBK|dOCLCQ|dE7B|dUPP |dCDX|dOCLCQ|dGPM|dOCLCQ|dP@U|dOCLCF|dP4I|dOCLCQ|dNLGGC |dMERUC|dEBLCP|dHUH|dCOO|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ 043 e-uk--- 049 RIDW 050 4 D639.C39|bG57 2008eb 072 7 HIS|x027090|2bisacsh 082 04 940.4/0941|222 090 D639.C39|bG57 2008eb 100 1 Girard, Marion.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n2007074211 245 12 A strange and formidable weapon :|bBritish responses to World War I poison gas /|cMarion Girard. 264 1 Lincoln :|bUniversity of Nebraska Press,|c[2008] 264 4 |c©2008 300 1 online resource (x, 279 pages) :|billustrations. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Studies in war, society and the military 500 Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 2002. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261) and index. 505 0 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? 520 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. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 647 7 World War|d(1914-1918)|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /1180746 648 7 20th century|2fast 648 7 1900 - 1999|2fast 650 0 World War, 1914-1918|xChemical warfare|0https://id.loc.gov /authorities/subjects/sh2010119485|zGreat Britain.|0https: //id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147-781 650 0 Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous|xWar use|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85053398|zGreat Britain |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147-781 |xHistory|y20th century.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2002006165 650 7 Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous|xWar use.|2fast|0https:/ /id.worldcat.org/fast/938675 650 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 651 7 Great Britain.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204623 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 655 7 Academic theses.|2lcgft|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ genreForms/gf2014026039 655 7 Academic theses.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1726453 776 08 |iPrint version:|aGirard, Marion.|tStrange and formidable weapon.|dLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008 |z9780803222236|z0803222238|w(DLC) 2007042731 |w(OCoLC)175289947 830 0 Studies in war, society, and the military.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97013902 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=219089|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d201606016|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID