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The riddle of the Rhine : chemical strategy in peace and war : an account of the critical struggle for power and for the decisive war initiative, the campaign fostered by the great Rhine factories and the pressing problems which they represent, a matter of pre-eminent public interest concerning the sincerity of disarmament, the future of warfare, and the stability of peace / by Victor Lefebure ; with a preface by Marshal Foch and an introduction by Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson.
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- Author/Creator:
- Lefebure, Victor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemical warfare.
- Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use.
- Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous.
- World War, 1914-1918--Chemical warfare.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Chemical Warfare.
- Medical Subjects:
- Chemical Warfare.
- Physical Description:
- 282 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York City : Chemical Foundation, Inc., [1923]
- Contents:
- Explanatory
- The German surprise
- The Allied reaction
- Intensive chemical warfare
- Chemical warfare organisations
- The struggle for the initiative
- Review of production
- American developments
- German chemical policy
- Lines of future development
- Humane or inhumane?
- Chemical warfare and disarmament
- Conclusion : the treaty of the future.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- "The existence of this giant monopoly [Interessengemeinschaft der deutschen teerfarbenfabriken] raises vital military and economic questions, which are ... 'The riddle of the Rhine.'"--p.18.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Lefebure, Victor. Riddle of the Rhine.
- OCLC:
- 1475439
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