Holding Their Breath : : How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II / / M. Girard Dorsey.
Holding Their Breath uncovers just how close Britain, the United States, and Canada came to crossing the red line that restrained chemical weapon use during World War II. Unlike World War I, belligerents did not release poison gas regularly during the Second World War. Yet, the looming threat of che...
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Dorsey, M. Girard, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Holding Their Breath : How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II / M. Girard Dorsey. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2023] ©2023 1 online resource (306 p.) : 8 b&w halftones, 2 maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Where the Story of Chemical Warfare and World War II Began -- Chapter 1 Chain, Tool, Shield: The Role of an International Treaty in Chemical Weapons Arms Control before World War II -- Chapter 2 Is There Any Hope? Defensive Preparations against the Dreaded and Expected Gas War -- Chapter 3 The Sole Exception to the Rule There Will Be No Chemical Conflicts, but Just in Case . . . -- Chapter 4 The Limits of Friendship The Influence of Chemical Weapons on Alliances as World War II Expanded -- Chapter 5 Rolling the Dice Risking Gas Warfare in Europe -- Chapter 6 Critical Timing The Increasing Likelihood of Chemical Warfare in the Pacific -- Epilogue “I Am Fear”: Legacies of Silent Chemical Warfare -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Holding Their Breath uncovers just how close Britain, the United States, and Canada came to crossing the red line that restrained chemical weapon use during World War II. Unlike World War I, belligerents did not release poison gas regularly during the Second World War. Yet, the looming threat of chemical warfare significantly affected the actions and attitudes of these three nations as they prepared their populations for war, mediated their diplomatic and military alliances, and attempted to defend their national identities and sovereignty.The story of chemical weapons and World War II begins in the interwar period as governments and lay people alike advocated to ban, to resist, and eventually to prepare for gas use in the "next war." M. Girard Dorsey reveals, through extensive research in multinational archives and historical literature, that although poison gas was rarely released on the battlefield in World War II, experts as well as lay people dedicated significant time and energy to the weapon's potential use; they did not view chemical warfare as obsolete or taboo. Poison gas was an influential weapon in World War II, even if not deployed in a traditional way, and arms control—for various reasons—worked. Thus, what did not happen is just as important as what did. Holding Their Breath provides insight into these potentialities by untangling World War II diplomacy and chemical weapons use in a new way. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023) HISTORY. World War II. HISTORY / Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare. bisacsh poison gas, chemical weapons, diplomatic history of WWII, chemical warfare policy, Western Allies and gas policy, D-Day and gas, Operation Downfall. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 9783110751833 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English 9783111319292 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 9783111318912 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2023 English 9783111319131 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2023 9783111318189 ZDB-23-DEG https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501768385 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501768385 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501768385/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Where the Story of Chemical Warfare and World War II Began -- Chapter 1 Chain, Tool, Shield: The Role of an International Treaty in Chemical Weapons Arms Control before World War II -- Chapter 2 Is There Any Hope? Defensive Preparations against the Dreaded and Expected Gas War -- Chapter 3 The Sole Exception to the Rule There Will Be No Chemical Conflicts, but Just in Case . . . -- Chapter 4 The Limits of Friendship The Influence of Chemical Weapons on Alliances as World War II Expanded -- Chapter 5 Rolling the Dice Risking Gas Warfare in Europe -- Chapter 6 Critical Timing The Increasing Likelihood of Chemical Warfare in the Pacific -- Epilogue “I Am Fear”: Legacies of Silent Chemical Warfare -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Where the Story of Chemical Warfare and World War II Began -- Chapter 1 Chain, Tool, Shield: The Role of an International Treaty in Chemical Weapons Arms Control before World War II -- Chapter 2 Is There Any Hope? Defensive Preparations against the Dreaded and Expected Gas War -- Chapter 3 The Sole Exception to the Rule There Will Be No Chemical Conflicts, but Just in Case . . . -- Chapter 4 The Limits of Friendship The Influence of Chemical Weapons on Alliances as World War II Expanded -- Chapter 5 Rolling the Dice Risking Gas Warfare in Europe -- Chapter 6 Critical Timing The Increasing Likelihood of Chemical Warfare in the Pacific -- Epilogue “I Am Fear”: Legacies of Silent Chemical Warfare -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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