Dew of Death The Story of Lewisite, America's World War I Weapon of Mass Destruction

Name: Dew of Death The Story of Lewisite, America's World War I Weapon of Mass Destruction
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ISBN: 9780253346124

ISBN-10: 0253346126

ISBN-13: 9780253346124

Edition: 2005

Authors: Joel A. Vilensky, Richard Butler, Pandy R. Sinish

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A timely, riveting history of America's World War I project to develop a deadly chemical weapon.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 9/7/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Foreword




1878 : two stars are born



The poisonous yellow cloud and the American response



The hunt for a new king



The American university experimental station



Willoughby : the chemical warfare service's ace in the hole



The inter-war years



Military biology and BAL



World War II : the gas war that never happened



Lewisite production, use, and sea dumping after World War II



Lewisite stockpiles and terrestrial residues



Human and environmental toxicology



Lewisite, terrorism, and the future



Lewisite's chemical and physical properties



Lewisite production



Lewisite degradation