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Author:

Preston, Diana, 1952- author.

Title:

A higher form of killing : six weeks in World War I that forever changed the nature of warfare / Diana Preston.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles photographs ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Lusitania (Steamship)
Weapons of mass destruction--Germany--History--20th century.
Ypres, 2nd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1915.
World War, 1914-1918--Submarine.--Submarine.
Bombing, Aerial--London--London--History--20th century.
Airships--Germany--History--20th century.
Just war doctrine--History--20th century.
War (Philosophy)--History--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--Chemical warfare.
Germany--History--Weapons systems--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

'A Flash Of Lightening From The North' -- 'Humanising War' -- 'The Law Of Facts' -- 'A Scrap of Paper' -- 'The Worst Of Contrabands' -- 'England Will Burn' -- 'A Most Effective Weapon' -- 'Something That Puts People Permanently Out Of Action' -- Operation Disinfection -- 'This Filty Loathsome Pestilence' -- Solomon's Temple -- 'They Got Us This Time Alright' -- 'Wilful Murder' -- 'Too Proud To Fight' -- 'The Very Earth Shook' -- 'Order, Counter-Order, Disorder!' -- 'A Gift of Love' -- 'Do You Know Anything About Gas?' -- 'Zepp And A Portion Of Clouds' -- 'Remember The Lusitania' -- 'Each One Must Fight On To The End' -- 'Weapons Of Mass Destruction'.

Summary:

An acclaimed historian chronicles the birth of weapons of mass destruction during World War I, including the use of poison gas by the Germans at Ypres, the torpedoes that sunk the Lusitania and an aerial bombardment of London by a zeppelin.

ISBN:

1620402122
9781620402122

LCCN:

2014019999

Locations:

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