A Strange and Formidable Weapon: British Responses to World War I Poison Gas (Studies in War, Society, and the Militar)

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A Strange and Formidable Weapon

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Studies in War, Society, and the Military

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A Strange and Formidable Weapon British Responses to World War I Poison Gas

Marion Girard

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Girard, Marion. A strange and formidable weapon: British responses to World War I poison gas / Marion Girard. p. cm. — (Studies in war, society, and the military) Revision of the author’s dissertation (Ph. D.)—Yale University, . Includes bibliographical references and index. >H7C     (cloth: alk. paper) . World War, –—Chemical warfare—Great Britain. . Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous—War use. . Great Britain—History—th century. I. Title. 9 8