Hellfire boys : the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons / Theo Emery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emery, Theo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army. Chemical Warfare Service--History.

United States.

United States. Army. Chemical Warfare Service.

World War, 1914-1918--Chemical warfare.

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.

Chemical warfare--Research.

History.

Local Subjects:

World War, 1914-1918--Chemical warfare.

World War, 1914-1918--United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxi, 535 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimile ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons

Birth of the United States Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons

Place of Publication:

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

Summary:

Traces the actions of the "Hellfire Battalion," a group of American engineers who were trained in gas warfare and were sent to the front lines in France to launch multiple assaults against the Germans.

Contents:

Introduction: January 5, 1993

Prologue

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"

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-519) and index.

ISBN:

9780316264105

0316264105

OCLC:

1009086098