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Author:

Emery, Theo, author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

LittleBrown and Company,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xxi, 535 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimile ; 25 cm

Subject:

United States.--Chemical Warfare Service--Chemical Warfare Service--History.
World War, 1914-1918--Chemical warfare.
Chemical warfare--United States--History--20th century.
Chemical warfare--History--United States--History--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [443]-519) and index.

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"

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.

ISBN:

0316264105
9780316264105

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1009086098

LCCN:

2017942376

Locations:

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BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

DZPB423 -- Hubbard Public Library (Hubbard)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

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NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

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