The Resource A strange and formidable weapon : British responses to World War I poison gas, Marion Girard
A strange and formidable weapon : British responses to World War I poison gas, Marion Girard
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- Summary
- 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, proving to be an armament of total war. Through cartoons, military records, novels, treaties, and other sources, Marion Girard examines the varied ways different sectors of British society viewed chemical warfare, from the industrialists who promoted their toxic weapons while maintaining private contro
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 279 pages)
- Note
- Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 2002
- Contents
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- 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?
- Isbn
- 9780803222052
- Label
- A strange and formidable weapon : British responses to World War I poison gas
- Title
- A strange and formidable weapon
- Title remainder
- British responses to World War I poison gas
- Statement of responsibility
- Marion Girard
- Subject
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- Chemical warfare
- Chemischer Krieg
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Gas Poisoning
- Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use
- Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- HISTORY -- Military | Weapons
- HISTORY -- Military | World War I
- History
- History, 20th Century
- United Kingdom
- Weltkrieg
- World War (1914-1918)
- World War I
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Chemical warfare -- Great Britain
- Öffentliche Meinung
- 1900-1999
- Chemical Warfare -- history
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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, proving to be an armament of total war. Through cartoons, military records, novels, treaties, and other sources, Marion Girard examines the varied ways different sectors of British society viewed chemical warfare, from the industrialists who promoted their toxic weapons while maintaining private contro
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- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Girard, Marion
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- theses
- Series statement
- Studies in war, society and the military
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War (1914-1918)
- World War, 1914-1918
- Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- Chemical warfare
- Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous
- Great Britain
- Chemischer Krieg
- Weltkrieg
- Öffentliche Meinung
- Großbritannien
- Chemical Warfare
- Gas Poisoning
- World War I
- History, 20th Century
- United Kingdom
- Label
- A strange and formidable weapon : British responses to World War I poison gas, Marion Girard
- Note
- Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 2002
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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?
- Control code
- ocn228165403
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 279 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780803222052
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 9786611241452
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 124145
- 22573/ctt1dgm2p0
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)228165403
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- A strange and formidable weapon : British responses to World War I poison gas, Marion Girard
- Note
- Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 2002
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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?
- Control code
- ocn228165403
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 279 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780803222052
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 9786611241452
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 124145
- 22573/ctt1dgm2p0
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)228165403
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Chemical warfare
- Chemischer Krieg
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Gas Poisoning
- Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use
- Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- HISTORY -- Military | Weapons
- HISTORY -- Military | World War I
- History
- History, 20th Century
- United Kingdom
- Weltkrieg
- World War (1914-1918)
- World War I
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Chemical warfare -- Great Britain
- Öffentliche Meinung
- 1900-1999
- Chemical Warfare -- history
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