Dew of death [electronic resource] : 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.
Material type: TextPublication details: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2005.Description: xxiii, 213 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 358/.3482 22
- UG447.5.L48 V35 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-209) and index.
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 inter-war years -- Military biology and BAL -- World war II -- Lewisite production, use, and sea dumping after World War II -- Lewisite stockpiles and terrestrial residues -- Human and environmental toxicology -- Lewisite, terrorism, and the future.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.