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

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

In six weeks during April and May 1915, as World War I escalated, Germany forever altered the way war would be fought with poison gas, torpedoes killing civilians and aerial bombardment. Each of these actions violated rules of war carefully agreed at the Hague Conventions of 1898 and 1907. The era o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Preston, Diana, 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Lusitania (Steamship)
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.
Germany > Armed Forces > Weapons systems > History > 20th century.

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