Gas! Gas! Quick, Boys: How Chemistry Changed the First World War by: Freemantle, Michael
Softcover. Gloucestershire, U.K., The History Press, Reprint, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages, soft cover. Paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. Chemistry was not only a destructive instrument of World War I, but also healed the sick and wounded. This book explores both the danger and healing potential, revealing how the arms race was also a race for chemistry, to the extent that Germany's thirst for fertilizer to feed the creation of their shells nearly starved the nation. Clean copy. Record # 34530