Villainous compounds : chemical weapons and the American Civil War / Guy R. Hasegawa ; foreword by Bill J. Gurley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780809334315 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Villainous compounds : chemical weapons and the American Civil War.DDC classification:
  • 973.7/3 23
LOC classification:
  • UG447 .H368 2015eb
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Contents:
Foreword / Bill J. Gurley -- Improvements in Warlike Instrumentalities -- Greek Fire, American Style -- The Torch for the Torch -- No Living Being Will Escape -- Portending the Green Cloud -- Insinuating Dust -- Prostrated by Inhaling It -- Destroying Fluids -- Fire and Brimstone -- Sharp Horrors of Sundry Weapons -- Vulgar Poisons in Honourable Warfare -- Glossary.
Scope and content: "This book is a study of the diverse array of chemical weapons that were deployed, prepared for use, or proposed during the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-174) and index.

Foreword / Bill J. Gurley -- Improvements in Warlike Instrumentalities -- Greek Fire, American Style -- The Torch for the Torch -- No Living Being Will Escape -- Portending the Green Cloud -- Insinuating Dust -- Prostrated by Inhaling It -- Destroying Fluids -- Fire and Brimstone -- Sharp Horrors of Sundry Weapons -- Vulgar Poisons in Honourable Warfare -- Glossary.

"This book is a study of the diverse array of chemical weapons that were deployed, prepared for use, or proposed during the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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