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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. Publisher New York : Little, Brown and Company, c2017. Copies
ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS Mercer adult nonfiction 358.34 EME History AVAILABLE Superior adult nonfiction 358.34 Em36h AVAILABLE Edition First edition. Descript xxi, 535 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white photographs ; 25 cm Note Nonfiction. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-519) and index. Contents 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 "The never-before-told story of how a daring group of scientists, soldiers, and spies developed the original weapons of mass destruction and redefined modern warfare forever." -- dust jacket. Subject 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. ISBN/ISSN 0316264105 9780316264105
