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

2017

Format:	Book
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, Date:	New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. ©2017
Description:	xxi, 535 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimile ; 25 cm
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.
Subjects:	United States. Army. Chemical Warfare Service -- History. World War, 1914-1918 -- Chemical warfare. Chemical warfare -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Chemical warfare -- Research -- 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"
LCCN:	2017942376
ISBN:	9780316264105 0316264105 9780316264105 0316264105
Other Number:	1009086098
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Control Number:	693702
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Call Number:	358.34 Emery

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