Book ID: CBB581410317

Villainous Compounds: Chemical Weapons and the American Civil War (2015)

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This book is a study of the diverse array of chemical weapons that were deployed, prepared for use, or proposed during the Civil War.

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Review Libra Hilde (2017) Review of "Villainous Compounds: Chemical Weapons and the American Civil War". Journal of Southern History (pp. 185-186). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Martini, Edwin A.
Brady, Lisa M.
Browning, Judkin
Cashin, Joan E.
Marion Girard Dorsey
Bisbee, Saxon
Journals
War and Society
Technology and Culture
Spontaneous Generations
Khimiya/Chemistry: Bulgarian Journal of Chemical Education
化学史研究 [Kagakushi kenkyū; Journal of the Japanese Society for the History of Chemistry]
Environmental History
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
The University of North Carolina Press
Yale University Press
University of North Carolina Press
University of Massachusetts Press
University of Georgia Press
Concepts
Science and war; science and the military
Chemical weapons
Environmental history
Chemical warfare
Medicine and the military; medicine in war
Chemistry
People
Mitchell, John K. (John Kearsley)
Mitchell, Silas Weir
King, Clarence
Haber, Fritz
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Vietnam
Virginia (U.S.)
Americas
Japan
Canada
Institutions
United States Marine Corps
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