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050	1	4	_aUF 505 _bP937h 2015
080			_a94(100)"1914/18"
100	1		_aPreston, Diana, _d1952- _932702
245	1	2	_aA higher form of killing : _bsix weeks in World War I that forever changed the nature of warfare / _cDiana Preston.
260			_aNew York : _bBloomsbury Press, _c2015.
300			_a340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, maps, portraits ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 315-324) and index.
505			_a'A Flash Of Lightening From The North' -- 'Humanising War' -- 'The Law Of Facts' -- 'A Scrap of Paper' -- 'The Worst Of Contrabands' -- 'England Will Burn' -- 'A Most Effective Weapon' -- 'Something That Puts People Permanently Out Of Action' -- Operation Disinfection -- 'This Filty Loathsome Pestilence' -- Solomon's Temple -- 'They Got Us This Time Alright' -- 'Wilful Murder' -- 'Too Proud To Fight' -- 'The Very Earth Shook' -- 'Order, Counter-Order, Disorder!' -- 'A Gift of Love' -- 'Do You Know Anything About Gas?' -- 'Zepp And A Portion Of Clouds' -- 'Remember The Lusitania' -- 'Each One Must Fight On To The End' -- 'Weapons Of Mass Destruction'.
520			_a"In six weeks during April and May 1915, as World War I escalated, Germany forever altered the way war would be fought. On April 22, at Ypres, German canisters spewed poison gas at French and Canadian soldiers in their trenches; on May 7, the German submarine U-20, without warning, torpedoed the passenger liner Lusitania, killing 1,198 civilians; and on May 31, a German Zeppelin began the first aerial bombardment of London and its inhabitants. Each of these actions violated rules of war carefully agreed at the Hague Conventions of 1898 and 1907. Though Germany's attempts to quickly win the war failed, the psychological damage caused by these attacks far outweighed the casualties. The era of weapons of mass destruction had dawned. While each of these momentous events has been chronicled in histories of the war, celebrated historian Diana Preston links them for the first time, revealing the dramatic stories behind each through the eyes of those who were there, whether making the decisions or experiencing their effect. She places the attacks in the context of the centuries-old debate over what constitutes 'just war,' and shows how, in their aftermath, the other combatants felt the necessity to develop extreme weapons of their own. In our current time of terror, when weapons of mass destruction--imagined or real--are once again vilified, the story of their birth is of great relevance"-- |c Provided by publisher.
650		4	_aGuerra Mundial I, 1914-1918 _94926 _xOperaciones navales _xSubmarino
650		4	_aGuerra Mundial I, 1914-1918 _94926 _xGuerra química
650		4	_aAeronaves _930699 _xHistoria _ySiglo XX _zAlemania
651		4	_aAlemania _xFuerzas Armadas _xSistemas de armas _xHistoria _9948 _zSiglo XX
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