A higher form of killing : six weeks in World War I that forever changed the nature of warfare
Preston, Diana, 1952-2016
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In six weeks during April and May 1915, as World War I escalated, Germany forever altered the way war would be fought. On April 22, at Ypres, German canisters spewed poison gas at French and Canadian soldiers in their trenches; on May 7, the German submarine U-20, without warning, torpedoed the passenger liner Lusitania, killing 1,198 civilians; and on May 31, a German Zeppelin began the first aerial bombardment of London and its inhabitants: The era of weapons of mass destruction had dawned. Linking these dramatic events, Diana Preston reveals the dramatic stories behind each through the eyes of those who were there, whether making the decisions or experiencing their effect.
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Author:
Preston, Diana, 1952-, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2016.
Collation:
340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408878224 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.424
LC class:
UF505.G3
Language:
English
Subject:
Germany -- Armed Forces -- Weapons systems -- History -- 20th centuryWeapons of mass destruction -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryYpres, 2nd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1915World War, 1914-1918 -- Chemical warfareLusitania (Steamship)World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, GermanBombing, Aerial -- England -- London -- History -- 20th centuryAirships -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryJust war doctrine -- History -- 20th centuryWar (Philosophy) -- History -- 20th centuryWarfare and Defence
BRN:
1444191
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