Format:
VIII, 310 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
,
24 cm
ISBN:
9780674073012
Content:
Robert Neer has written the first history of napalm, from its inaugural test on the Harvard College soccer field, to a Marine Corps plan to attack Japan with millions of bats armed with tiny napalm time bombs, to the reflections of Phan Thi Kim Phuc, a girl who knew firsthand about its power and its morality
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Prologue -- Hero -- Harvard's genius -- Anonymous research no. 4 -- American kamikazes: suicide bomber bats -- We'll fight mercilessly -- The American century -- Soldier -- Freedom's furnace -- Vietnam syndrome -- Seeing is believing -- Indicted -- Pariah -- Baby burners -- Law catches fire -- The third protocol -- Judgment day -- The weapon that dare not speak its name -- Epilogue: the whole world is watching.
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Neer, Robert M., 1964 - Napalm Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : The Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, 2013 ISBN 9780674075450
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674073012
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Political Science
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Military Science
Keywords:
USA
;
Napalm
;
Geschichte
;
USA
;
Kriegführung
;
Napalm
;
Geschichte 1942-2008
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=39317
URL:
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674073012
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