No Place to Run: The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War

No Place to Run: The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War
ISBN-10
077484180X
ISBN-13
9780774841801
Series
No Place to Run
Category
History
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2011-11-01
Publisher
UBC Press
Author
Tim Cook

Description

Historians of the First World War have often dismissed the important role of poison gas in the battles of the Western Front. Tim Cook shows that the serious threat of gas did not disappear with the introduction of gas masks. By 1918, gas shells were used by all armies to deluge the battlefield, and those not instructed with a sound anti-gas doctrine left themselves exposed to this new chemical plague.This book provides a challenging re-examination of the function of gas warfare in the First World War, including its important role in delivering victory in the campaign of 1918 and its curious postwar legacy.

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