Behind the Gas Mask
The U.S. Chemical Warfare Service in War and Peace
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- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2014
Summary
In Behind the Gas Mask, Thomas Faith offers an institutional history of the Chemical Warfare Service, the department tasked with improving the Army’s ability to use and defend against chemical weapons during and after World War One. Taking the CWS’s story from the trenches to peacetime, he explores how the CWS’s work on chemical warfare continued through the 1920s despite deep opposition to the weapons in both military and civilian circles. As Faith shows, the believers in chemical weapon…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780252080265 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0252080262 |
| Author: | Thomas I. Faith |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
| Imprint: | University of Illinois Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 18mm |
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“Faith offers a compelling investigation of the U.S. Army’s experience with chemical weapons in World War I. Ultimately the public and government rejected future use of chemical weapons in battle. If Americans had accepted the arguments of chemical weapons experts, twentieth-century warfare would have been even more terrifying. This book tells an important story of a path not taken, at least not yet.” –Jennifer D. Keene, author of Doughboys, the Great War and the Remaking of America
About The Author
Thomas I. Faith
Thomas I. Faith is a historian at the U.S. Department of State.
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