A higher form of killing : six weeks in World War I that forever changed the nature of warfare forever /: six weeks in World War I that forever changed the nature of warfare forever. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Diana Preston.
• Other Names: Preston, Diana, 1952-
• Contents: "A Flash Of Lightening From The North" -- "Humanising War" -- "The Law Of Facts" -- "A Scrap of Paper" -- "The Worst Of Contrabands" -- "England Will Burn" -- "A Most Effective Weapon" -- "Something That Makes People Permanently Incapable of Fighting" -- "Operation Disinfection" -- "This Filty Loathsome Pestilence" -- "Solomon's Temple" -- "They Got Us This Time, All Right" -- "Wilful and Wholesale Murder" -- "Too Proud To Fight" -- "The Very Earth Shook" -- "Order, Counter-Order, Disorder!" -- "A Gift of Love" -- "Do You Know Anything About Gas?" -- "Zepp And A Portion Of Clouds" -- "Remember The Lusitania" -- "Each One Must Fight On To The End" -- "Weapons Of Mass Destruction".
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 940.4/21; History -- General; Weapons of mass destruction -- Germany -- History -- 20th century; Ypres, 2nd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1915; World War, 1914-1918 -- Chemical warfare; World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations -- Submarine; Bombing, Aerial -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century; Airships -- Germany -- History -- 20th century; Just war doctrine -- History -- 20th century; War (Philosophy) -- History -- 20th century; HISTORY / General; Airships; Armed Forces -- Weapons systems; Bombing, Aerial; Chemical warfare; Just war doctrine; Military operations, Naval -- Submarine; War (Philosophy); Weapons of mass destruction; History; Germany -- Armed Forces -- Weapons systems -- History -- 20th century; Belgium -- Ieper; England -- London; Germany; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781620402139; 1620402130
• Related ISBNs: 9781620402122; 1620402122; 9781620402146; 1620402149
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-324) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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