Gas Warfare

New York: E P Dutton. Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1920. Hardcover. Toned with random foxing, edge foxing, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket foxing, spine sun, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "This volume, therefore, has been prepared by the author ... to assist in educating our soldiery in the use of gas, both in defense and in offense. It covers the whole subject of toxic gases in all their different varieties; defense equipment; the tactical employment of gas and chemical shells, smoke screens, and the like; chemical and incendiary hand grenades and infantry weapons; the manufacture, storage and transport of chemical weapons, the equipment and personnel necessary, together with the duties and organization entailed by their use." - DJ blurb. "Holding the view that future wars will be decided in the "chemical laboratory", this book provides a comprehensive history of the US Chemical Warfare Service, World War I experiences with poison gas, defense equipment, ordnance, etc. A descriptive manual of sorts, Farrow's book explains how chemical battalions were organized, and how chemical weapons were employed by the British, French and US armies." - Eric Croddy; Chemical and Biological Warfare: An Annotated Bibliography, 161. An important reference work for understanding WWI chemical warfare, uncommon in dust jacket. ; xi, 253 pages .