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- Book Title
- Chemical Soldiers : British Gas Warfare in World War I
- Publication Name
- Chemical Soldiers
- Title
- Chemical Soldiers
- Subtitle
- British Gas Warfare in World War I
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9780700611133
- ISBN
- 9780700611133
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Genre
- Science, History
- Topic
- Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare, Military / World War I, Europe / Great Britain / General, Physics / General
- Release Year
- 1992
- Release Date
- 30/11/1992
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 12.3 Oz
- Publication Year
- 1992
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 296 Pages
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Taking a new look at the reality of poison gas warfare in World War I and the role of the Brigade, Richter exposes the myths perpetuated over the years by novelists and misinformed sentimentalists and challenges prevailing views. He weaves data from official military records with personal anecdotes from diaries, letters, and memoirs to create a real-life account of the formation of the Brigade and the frustration, fear, boredom, pain, and day to day life that followed.
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Publisher
University Press of Kansas
ISBN-10
0700611134
ISBN-13
9780700611133
eBay Product ID (ePID)
425441
Product Key Features
Book Title
Chemical Soldiers : British Gas Warfare in World War I
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare, Military / World War I, Europe / Great Britain / General, Physics / General
Publication Year
1992
Genre
Science, History
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
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"Richter dismantles the 'gas myth' of World War I. A convincing and highly readable account of a four-year experiment with scientific death that largely went wrong."-- Samuel Hynes , author of A War Imagined: The First World War and English Culture "First-hand accounts provide a 'smell of the grass' feel for this unit. This book reveals new information on the problems of the Special Brigade at the battles of Loos and the Somme and on some of the technical problems of gas warfare."-- Timothy Travers , author of The Killing Ground: The British Army, the Western Front, and the Emergence of Modern Warfare, 1900-1918 "A significant contribution to our understanding of Britain's conduct of the war on the western front. This book is the first to draw upon and make effective use of a wide range of primary source material. It is also a sustained and convincing critique of Charles Foulkes's own account of his brigade's activities."-- David French , author of British Strategy and War Aims, 1914-1916, "It is refreshing to find a complex and emotive subject treated with such even-handedness. Richter makes particularly good use of personal narratives, most of them unpublished, but never lets the abundant detail swamp the story."-- Times Literary Supplement "Elegantly written and meticulously researched. Richter has mined numerous private collections and unpublished diaries as well as mastered the most recent books and articles pertinent to his subject."-- American Historical Review "A valuable contribution to our understanding of chemical warfare in World War I."-- Journal of Military History "This book provides a detailed, accurate, and fascinating account of the British Special Brigade, a unit created to use chemical warfare against the Germans during World War I in retaliation for the Germans' first use of this kind of weaponry . . . provides an excellent historical examination of its topic. The writing style is both gripping and compelling."-- Armed Forces & Society "A first-rate piece of military history."-- Airpower Journal "Well documented and of the highest scholarship."-- Military Review "Drawing heavily on the diaries and letters of participants, [Richter] traces the recruitment, training and employment of the British "Special Brigade" (the gas soldiers) from mid-1915, through the Battle of Loos, to the end of the war, clearing away the thicket of myths surrounding this emotional subject."-- Relevance "A valuable corrective to propagandized tales of gas warfare."-- Canadian Military History, "Richter dismantles the 'gas myth' of World War I. A convincing and highly readable account of a four-year experiment with scientific death that largely went wrong."- Samuel Hynes , author of A War Imagined: The First World War and English Culture "First-hand accounts provide a 'smell of the grass' feel for this unit. This book reveals new information on the problems of the Special Brigade at the battles of Loos and the Somme and on some of the technical problems of gas warfare."- Timothy Travers , author of The Killing Ground: The British Army, the Western Front, and the Emergence of Modern Warfare, 1900-1918 "A significant contribution to our understanding of Britain's conduct of the war on the western front. This book is the first to draw upon and make effective use of a wide range of primary source material. It is also a sustained and convincing critique of Charles Foulkes's own account of his brigade's activities."- David French , author of British Strategy and War Aims, 1914-1916, "Richter dismantles the gas mythof World War I. A convincing and highly readable account of a four-year experiment with scientific death that largely went wrong."Samuel Hynes , author of A War Imagined: The First World War and English Culture "First-hand accounts provide a smell of the grassfeel for this unit. This book reveals new information on the problems of the Special Brigade at the battles of Loos and the Somme and on some of the technical problems of gas warfare."Timothy Travers , author of The Killing Ground: The British Army, the Western Front, and the Emergence of Modern Warfare, 19001918 "A significant contribution to our understanding of Britains conduct of the war on the western front. This book is the first to draw upon and make effective use of a wide range of primary source material. It is also a sustained and convincing critique of Charles Foulkes's own account of his brigade's activities."David French , author of British Strategy and War Aims, 19141916, "It is refreshing to find a complex and emotive subject treated with such even-handedness. Richter makes particularly good use of personal narratives, most of them unpublished, but never lets the abundant detail swamp the story."Times Literary Supplement "Elegantly written and meticulously researched. Richter has mined numerous private collections and unpublished diaries as well as mastered the most recent books and articles pertinent to his subject."American Historical Review "A valuable contribution to our understanding of chemical warfare in World War I."Journal of Military History "This book provides a detailed, accurate, and fascinating account of the British Special Brigade, a unit created to use chemical warfare against the Germans during World War I in retaliation for the Germansfirst use of this kind of weaponry . . . provides an excellent historical examination of its topic. The writing style is both gripping and compelling."Armed Forces & Society "A first-rate piece of military history."Airpower Journal "Well documented and of the highest scholarship."Military Review "Drawing heavily on the diaries and letters of participants, [Richter] traces the recruitment, training and employment of the British Special Brigade(the gas soldiers) from mid-1915, through the Battle of Loos, to the end of the war, clearing away the thicket of myths surrounding this emotional subject."Relevance "A valuable corrective to propagandized tales of gas warfare."Canadian Military History, "Richter dismantles the 'gas myth' of World War I. A convincing and highly readable account of a four-year experiment with scientific death that largely went wrong."-- Samuel Hynes , author of A War Imagined: The First World War and English Culture "First-hand accounts provide a 'smell of the grass' feel for this unit. This book reveals new information on the problems of the Special Brigade at the battles of Loos and the Somme and on some of the technical problems of gas warfare."-- Timothy Travers , author of The Killing Ground: The British Army, the Western Front, and the Emergence of Modern Warfare, 19001918 "A significant contribution to our understanding of Britain's conduct of the war on the western front. This book is the first to draw upon and make effective use of a wide range of primary source material. It is also a sustained and convincing critique of Charles Foulkes's own account of his brigade's activities."-- David French , author of British Strategy and War Aims, 19141916
Table of Content
List of Illustrations, Maps, and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Germans Do It First 2. The Decision to Retaliate 3. Corporals All 4. Putting the Hell into Helfaut 5. Up the Line to Loos 6, Loos--The First British Gas Attack 7. Boomerang Ally 8. The Specials' First Winter 9. Expansion into the Special Brigade 10. White Star over the Somme 11. Livens and the Fammenwefer 12. Somme Strange Guns 13. Another Brigade Reorganization 14. "G" Is for Gas 15. The Last Season: 1918 16. No Humanitarian Scruples Epilogue Appendix A: Structural Chart Appendix B: The Royals Keep a Distance Abbreviations Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
1992
Lccn
92-012329
Dewey Decimal
358.344
Illustrated
Yes
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