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Author Hasegawa, Guy R.

Title Villainous compounds : chemical weapons and the American Civil War / Guy R. Hasegawa ; foreword by Bill Gurley.

Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreword / Bill J. Gurley -- Improvements in Warlike Instrumentalities -- Greek Fire, American Style -- The Torch for the Torch -- No Living Being Will Escape -- Portending the Green Cloud -- Insinuating Dust -- Prostrated by Inhaling It -- Destroying Fluids -- Fire and Brimstone -- Sharp Horrors of Sundry Weapons -- Vulgar Poisons in Honourable Warfare -- Glossary.
Summary "This book is a study of the diverse array of chemical weapons that were deployed, prepared for use, or proposed during the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Print version record.
Subject American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Inventions -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Chemical weapons -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Chemical weapons -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Ordnance and ordnance stores -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Weapons systems -- History -- 19th century.
HISTORY -- Military -- Weapons.
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY -- Military -- Biological & Chemical Warfare.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Armed Forces -- Ordnance and ordnance stores. (OCoLC)fst01351845
Armed Forces -- Weapons systems. (OCoLC)fst01351920
Chemical weapons. (OCoLC)fst00853245
Equipment and supplies. (OCoLC)fst01352983
Inventions. (OCoLC)fst00977993
Technological innovations. (OCoLC)fst01145002
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
Other Form: Print version: Hasegawa, Guy R. Villainous compounds. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2015 (DLC) 2015001827
ISBN 9780809334315 (electronic bk.)
0809334313 (electronic bk.)
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