The Poisonous Cloud

Examines the military role of chemical warfare and its effects on the people, industries, and administrations on both sides in the First World War. This book also considers the growing moral problems it created.

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The author examines fully the military role of chemical warfare and its effects on the people, industries, and administrations on both sides; he also considers the growing moral problems it created. The launching of an entirely new weapon that did not discriminate between soldiers and civilians raised complex issues which were debated endlessly between the wars and which, in recent years, have led to agreement among the powers not to use chemical or biological warfare.