A strange and formidable weapon : British responses to World War I poison gas /

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The advent of poison gas in World War I shocked Britons at all levels of society, yet by the end of the conflict their nation was a leader in chemical warfare. Although never used on the home front, poison gas affected almost every segment of British society physically, mentally, or emotionally, pro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Girard, Marion (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
Colección:Studies in war, society, and the military.
Temas:
1900-1999
World War, 1914-1918 > Chemical warfare > Great Britain.
Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous > War use > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous > Toxicology.
Chemical Warfare > history
Gas Poisoning
World War I
History, 20th Century
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Guerre chimique > Grande-Bretagne.
Gaz de combat > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Intoxication par le gaz.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
HISTORY > Military > Weapons.
Chemical warfare.
Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous > War use.
Chemischer Krieg
Weltkrieg > 1914-1918
Öffentliche Meinung
United Kingdom
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The political challenge : descent to atrocities?
  • The army's experience : new weapons, new soldiers
  • The scientific divide : chemists versus physicians
  • Whose business is it? Dilemmas in the gas industry
  • Gas as a symbol : visual images of chemical weapons in the popular press
  • The reestablishment of the gas taboo and the public debate : will gas destroy the world?

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