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Napalm: An American Biography

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1. Verfasser:	Neer, Robert M. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press [2013]
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1942-2008 Geschichte Napalm / History Incendiary weapons / History Incendiary bombs / Design and construction / History HISTORY / Military / Other TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science HISTORY / Military / Weapons Militär Napalm Brandwaffe Kriegführung Brandbombe Waffensystem USA
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Beschreibung:	41 halftones, 1 table Napalm was invented on Valentine’s Day 1942 at a secret Harvard war research laboratory. It created an inferno that killed over 87,500 people in Tokyo—more than died in the atomic explosions at Hiroshima or Nagasaki—and went on to incinerate 64 Japanese cities. The Bomb got the press, but napalm did the work. Robert Neer offers the first history Napalm, incendiary gel that sticks to skin and burns to the bone, came into the world on Valentine’s Day 1942 at a secret Harvard war research laboratory. On March 9, 1945, it created an inferno that killed over 87,500 people in Tokyo—more than died in the atomic explosions at Hiroshima or Nagasaki. It went on to incinerate sixty-four of Japan’s largest cities. The Bomb got the press, but napalm did the work. After World War II, the incendiary held the line against communism in Greece and Korea—Napalm Day led the 1950 counter-attack from Inchon—and fought elsewhere under many flags. Americans generally applauded, until the Vietnam War. Today, napalm lives on as a pariah: a symbol of American cruelty and the misguided use of power, according to anti-war protesters in the 1960s and popular culture from Apocalypse Now to the punk band Napalm Death and British street artist Banksy. Its use by Serbia in 1994 and by the United States in Iraq in 2003 drew condemnation. United Nations delegates judged deployment against concentrations of civilians a war crime in 1980. After thirty-one years, America joined the global consensus, in 2011. 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
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (352p.)
ISBN:	9780674075450
DOI:	10.4159/harvard.9780674075450

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spelling	Neer, Robert M. Verfasser aut Napalm An American Biography Robert M. Neer Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press [2013] 1 Online-Ressource (352p.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier 41 halftones, 1 table Napalm was invented on Valentine’s Day 1942 at a secret Harvard war research laboratory. It created an inferno that killed over 87,500 people in Tokyo—more than died in the atomic explosions at Hiroshima or Nagasaki—and went on to incinerate 64 Japanese cities. The Bomb got the press, but napalm did the work. Robert Neer offers the first history Napalm, incendiary gel that sticks to skin and burns to the bone, came into the world on Valentine’s Day 1942 at a secret Harvard war research laboratory. On March 9, 1945, it created an inferno that killed over 87,500 people in Tokyo—more than died in the atomic explosions at Hiroshima or Nagasaki. It went on to incinerate sixty-four of Japan’s largest cities. The Bomb got the press, but napalm did the work. After World War II, the incendiary held the line against communism in Greece and Korea—Napalm Day led the 1950 counter-attack from Inchon—and fought elsewhere under many flags. Americans generally applauded, until the Vietnam War. Today, napalm lives on as a pariah: a symbol of American cruelty and the misguided use of power, according to anti-war protesters in the 1960s and popular culture from Apocalypse Now to the punk band Napalm Death and British street artist Banksy. Its use by Serbia in 1994 and by the United States in Iraq in 2003 drew condemnation. United Nations delegates judged deployment against concentrations of civilians a war crime in 1980. After thirty-one years, America joined the global consensus, in 2011. 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 In English Geschichte 1942-2008 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Napalm / History Incendiary weapons / History Incendiary bombs / Design and construction / History HISTORY / Military / Other bisacsh TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science bisacsh HISTORY / Military / Weapons bisacsh Geschichte Militär Napalm (DE-588)4613348-3 gnd rswk-swf Brandwaffe (DE-588)4146474-6 gnd rswk-swf Kriegführung (DE-588)4073817-6 gnd rswk-swf Brandbombe (DE-588)4618920-8 gnd rswk-swf Waffensystem (DE-588)4117573-6 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Kriegführung (DE-588)4073817-6 s Napalm (DE-588)4613348-3 s Waffensystem (DE-588)4117573-6 s Brandwaffe (DE-588)4146474-6 s Brandbombe (DE-588)4618920-8 s Geschichte 1942-2008 z 1\p DE-604 Geschichte z 2\p DE-604 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674075450 Verlag Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk
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title_full	Napalm An American Biography Robert M. Neer
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