A bridge not attacked : chemical warfare civilian research during World War II / Harold Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, Harold, 1920-2012.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Chemical warfare--United States.

World War, 1939-1945.

Chemical warfare--Research--United States.

Chemical warfare.

Chemists--United States--Biography.

Chemists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book gives an almost forgotten history concerning civilian university scientists, who carried out research on defense against poison gases in some unusual places during World War II. Most of these were graduate students, working under the direction of professors at the California Institute of Technology (Cal tech) and the University of California (Berkeley). The first job on these projects was to make major improvements on gas masks. Later, most activities were done outdoors to assess the effects of terrain and meteorological conditions on the travel and dissipation of toxic gas clouds. Action took

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface. National Defense Research Committee (NDRC); Chapter 1. Hal; Chapter 2. Egbert; Chapter 3. Sam; Chapter 4. Withlacoochee; Chapter 5. Jungles; Chapter 6. Florida 1945; Chapter 7. Other Divisions of NDRC; Chapter 8. Principals and Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611876975

9781281876973

1281876976

9789812565396

9812565396

OCLC:

437151714