A higher form of killing : six weeks in World War I that forever changed the nature of warfare
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A higher form of killing : six weeks in World War I that forever changed the nature of warfare
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Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Physical Description:
340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles photographs ; 25 cm.
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.
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'.
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Publication Information:
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2015.
Subject:
| Weapons of mass destruction -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. |
| Ypres, 2nd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1915 |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations -- Submarine. |
| Bombing, Aerial -- England -- 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 -- Armed Forces -- Weapons systems -- History -- 20th century. |
| Lusitania (Steamship) |
| R.M.S. Lusitania (Steamship) |
| RMS Lusitania (Steamship) |
| CBRNEs (Weapons) |
| CBRNs (Weapons) |
| Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons |
| Mass destruction, Weapons of |
| NBC agents (Weapons) |
| NBC weapons |
| Nuclear, biological and chemical weapons |
| WMDs (Weapons) |
| Ieper, 2nd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1915 |
| Ypres, 2d Battle of, 1915 |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Battles, sieges, etc. |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Military operations |
| Aerial bombing |
| Air strikes |
| Airstrikes |
| Aerostats |
| Air-ships |
| Aircraft, Lighter-than-air |
| Balloons, Dirigible |
| Blimps |
| Dirigible balloons |
| Dirigibles |
| Lighter-than-air craft |
| Zeppelins |
| Jus ad bellum |
| War -- Philosophy |
| European War, 1914-1918 |
| First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Great War, 1914-1918 |
| World War 1, 1914-1918 |
| World War I, 1914-1918 |
| World War One, 1914-1918 |
| WW I (World War, 1914-1918) |
| WWI (World War, 1914-1918) |
SAILS ISBN:
9781620402122