Napalm : an American biography / Robert M. Neer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neer, Robert M., 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Napalm--History.

Napalm.

Incendiary weapons--History.

Incendiary weapons.

Incendiary bombs--Design and construction--History.

Incendiary bombs.

Armed Forces.

Weapons systems.

History.

United States--Armed Forces--Weapons systems--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 310 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Robert Neer has written the first history of napalm, from its inaugural test on the Harvard College soccer field, to a Marine Corps plan to attack Japan with millions of bats armed with tiny napalm time bombs, to the reflections of Phan Thi Kim Phuc, a girl who knew firsthand about its power and its morality.

Contents:

Prologue: Trang Bang Village, South Vietnam

Hero. Harvard's genius ; Anonymous research no. 4 ; American kamikazes: suicide bomber bats ; We'll fight mercilessly ; The American century

Soldier. Freedom's furnace ; Vietnam syndrome ; Seeing is believing ; Indicted

Pariah. Baby burners ; Law catches fire ; The third protocol ; Judgment day ; The weapon that dare not speak its name

Epilogue: the whole world is watching.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674073012

0674073010

OCLC:

809789708