The Chemical Warfare Service: Organizing for War - Couverture souple

Brophy, Leo P; Fisher, George J B

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1410204871 ISBN 13 : 9781410204875

Editeur : University Press of the Pacific, 2003

Synopsis

General employment of toxic munitions in World War I made it necessary for the United States as a belligerent to protect its soldiers against gas attack, and to furnish means for conducting gas warfare. The postwar revulsion against the use of gas in no way guaranteed that it would not be used in another war; and to maintain readiness for gas warfare, Congress therefore authorized the retention of the Chemical Warfare Service as a small but important part of the Army organization. Between world wars, officers of the Chemical Warfare Service anticipated that in another conflict the Service would again be principally concerned with gas warfare, and they concentrated on defense and retaliation against it. The almost equal preparedness of the United States and other nations for gas warfare acted during World War II as the principal deterrent to the uses of gas. That it was not used has obscured the very large and vital effort that preparations for gas warfare required at home and overseas. This effort involved large numbers of American scientists and the American chemical industry as well as the Chemical Warfare Service, and served not only the Army but also the other armed forces of the United States and those of Allied nations. And in World War II the Chemical Warfare Service and its civilian collaborators came up with some new major weapons, notably the 4.2-inch mortar, generators for large-area smoke screening, flame throwers, and incendiary and flame bombs. The Service acquired in addition an entirely new mission, that of preparing the nation against the hazards of biological attack. In fulfilling its responsibilities the Chemical Warfare Service during the war compiled a record of achievement that readers of this book both in and out of the Army, will find instructive.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Leo P. Brophy holds an A.B. degree from Franklin and Marshall College and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history from Fordham University. After teaching history and sociology at Fordham and Seton Hall Universities, he joined the staff of the Chemical Corps Historical Office in 1945. He has specialized in administrative and logistic history. Since 1953 Dr. Brophy has served as Chief of the Chemical Corps Historical Office. Col. George B. Fisher, a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, was commissioned in the National Army during World War I and received a Regular Army commission in 1920. As a Chemical Warfare Service officer from 1929 until his retirement in 1947, he held a number of important training and administrative posts, including tours as Chief of the Training Division, Office of the Chief, CWS; Assistant Commandant of the Chemical Warfare School; director of Army civil defense schools in World War II; and Chemical Officer, Third United States Army in Europe. From 1951 until his death in 1956 he served as a consultant in the Chemical Corps Historical Office.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Organization and administration of the service from its origins in World War II, with an emphasis on the training of military personnel for offensive and defensive chemical warfare

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of the Pacific
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1410204871
• ISBN 13: 9781410204875
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 520
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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