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Author Vilensky, Joel A., 1951-

Title Dew of death : the story of lewisite, America's World War I weapon of mass destruction / Joel A. Vilensky ; with the assistance of Pandy R. Sinish ; foreword by Richard Butler.

Imprint Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  358.3482 V711d 2005    ---  Available
Description xxiii, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-209) and index.
Contents 1878: two stars are born -- The poisonous yellow cloud and the American response -- The hunt for a new king -- The American university experimental station -- Willoughby : the Chemical Warfare Service's ace in the hole -- The inter-war years -- Military biology and BAL -- World War II : the gas war that never happened -- Lewisite production, use, and sea dumping after World War II -- Lewisite stockpiles and terrestrial residues -- Human and environmental toxicology -- Lewisite, terrorism, and the future.
Subject Lewisite (Poison gas) -- History.
Organoarsenic compounds -- Toxicology.
Added Author Sinish, Pandy R.
ISBN 0253346126 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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