Secret History of Chemical Warfare.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCamley, Nick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biological weapons--History.

Chemical warfare--History.

Chemical weapons--History.

Local Subjects:

Biological weapons--History.

Chemical warfare--History.

Chemical weapons--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Pen and Sword, 2007.

Summary:

This book offers a full examination and description of all the toxic chemical and microbiological agents, either tested, manufactured or used since 1914. It identifies the major research, testing and manufacturing plants worldwide with special emphasis on the UK and North America. Among the British sites are Porton Down (Wiltshire), Sutton Oak (Lancashire), Nancekuke (North Cornwall) and the ICI-operated plants at Rhydymwn (North Wales) and St Helens and elsewhere in Lancashire.It details all verifiable uses of CBW since 1914 and examines the rationale behind such operations. Also studied is t

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 - Gas in the First World War""; ""Ypres, April 1915""; ""Bolimow � May 1915""; ""The Problem with Chlorine""; ""Mustard Gas""; ""Counter-battery Gas Assault""; ""Mustard Gas in the Defensive and Offensive Role""; ""Casualties""; ""Development of Gas Masks""; ""Mustard Gas and the �Blue Cross� Sternutators""; ""Casualty Statistics""; ""Fritz Haber � a Postscript""; ""Chapter 2 - The Interwar Years � Ethiopia and China""; ""Italian Action in Ethiopia � 1935 to 1936""

""Italian Chemical Warfare Tactics""""The Sino-Japanese Conflict 1937 � 45""; ""Chapter 3 - Industry and International Disarmament""; ""Chemical Warfare and the British Dyestuffs Industry""; ""British Dyestuffs and Chemical Warfare""; ""Washington and Geneva, 1921 � 5""; ""Washington Naval Conference, 1921 � 2""; ""Geneva Conference, 1925""; ""Rearmament, 1934 � 9""; ""United States Policy, 1941 � 5""; ""British Policy, 1934 � 9""; ""ARP and the Road to War""; ""Chapter 4 - Interwar Research � Europe, Japan and the USA""; ""The �Tomka� Project""

""German Research Establishments""""German Manufacturing Facilities""; ""The United States""; ""Japanese Research and Manufacture""; ""France""; ""Chapter 5 - Interwar Research in the United Kingdom""; ""Chapter 6 - United Kingdom Mustard Gas Factories""; ""Randle Works""; ""Weapons Charging Facilities""; ""Rocksavage Works""; ""Hillouse and Springfield Works""; ""Wade and Roydmill""; ""Valley Works, Rhydymwyn""; ""�Woodside� and �Antelope� Satelite Storage Sites""; ""Manufacture of Runcol at Rhydymwyn""; ""Chapter 7 - Tabun, Sarin, Soman and the �V� Agents""; ""CS Gas""

""Tabun""""Sarin""; ""Cyclosarin""; ""Soman""; ""Properties of Sarin""; ""Nerve Gases in the Post-war Era""; ""The British Nerve Gas Project � Llandwrog and Nancekuke""; ""Operation Sandcastle""; ""Nancekuke""; ""United States Post-war Policy""; ""Soviet Chemical Weapons in the Cold War Era""; ""Chapter 8 - United Kingdom � Storage and Disposal of Second World War Chemical Weapons""; ""Bowes Moor""; ""Forward Filling Stations""; ""Clearance and Closure""; ""Operation Inkpad""; ""Operation Pepperpot""; ""The End of Chemical Weapons in the United Kingdom""; ""Chapter 9 - Conclusion""

""Index""

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781783401819

1783401818

9781783409099

1783409096

OCLC:

854974817