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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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (306 p.) :; 8 b&w halftones, 2 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- 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