| Description |
viii, 310 pages, [30] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-300) and index. |
| Summary |
Robert Neer has written the first history of napalm, from its inaugural test on the Harvard College soccer field, to a Marine Corps plan to attack Japan with millions of bats armed with tiny napalm time bombs, to the reflections of Phan Thi Kim Phuc, a girl who knew firsthand about its power and its morality. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Trang Bang Village, South Vietnam -- Hero. Harvard's genius ; Anonymous research numbers 4 ; American kamikazes: suicide bomber bats ; We'll fight mercilessly ; The American century -- Soldier. Freedom's furnace ; Vietnam syndrome ; Seeing is believing ; Indicted -- Pariah. Baby burners ; Trial of fire ; The third protocol ; Judgment day ; The weapon that dare not speak its name -- Epilogue: the whole world is watching. |
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Napalm -- History.
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Incendiary weapons -- History.
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Incendiary bombs -- Design and construction -- History.
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Weapons systems -- History.
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Napalm (DE-588)4613348-3
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United States (DE-588)4078704-7
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| ISBN |
9780674073012 (alk. paper) |
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0674073010 (alk. paper) |
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9780674088085 (hardcover) |
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0674088085 (hardcover) |
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