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Author Neer, Robert M., 1964-

Title Napalm : an American biography / Robert M. Neer.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 310 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue -- 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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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.
Subject Napalm -- History.
Incendiary weapons -- History.
Incendiary bombs -- Design and construction -- History.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Weapons systems -- History.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
HISTORY -- Military -- Weapons.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Neer, Robert M., 1964- Napalm. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013 9780674073012 (DLC) 2012034926 (OCoLC)809789708
ISBN 9780674075450 (electronic bk.)
0674075455 (electronic bk.)
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