Napalm : an American biography /
Neer, Robert M., 1964-
Napalm : an American biography / Robert M. Neer. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (viii, 310 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Prologue -- Hero -- Harvard's genius -- Anonymous research numbers 4 -- American kamikazes: suicide bomber bats -- We'll fight mercilessly -- The American century -- Soldier -- Freedom's furnace -- Vietnam syndrome -- Seeing is believing -- Indicted -- Pariah -- Baby burners -- Trial of fire -- The third protocol -- Judgment day -- The weapon that dare not speak its name -- Epilogue: the whole world is watching.
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.
9780674075450
Napalm--History.
Incendiary weapons--History.
Incendiary bombs--Design and construction--History.
Electronic Books.
UG447 / .N373 2013
Napalm : an American biography / Robert M. Neer. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (viii, 310 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Prologue -- Hero -- Harvard's genius -- Anonymous research numbers 4 -- American kamikazes: suicide bomber bats -- We'll fight mercilessly -- The American century -- Soldier -- Freedom's furnace -- Vietnam syndrome -- Seeing is believing -- Indicted -- Pariah -- Baby burners -- Trial of fire -- The third protocol -- Judgment day -- The weapon that dare not speak its name -- Epilogue: the whole world is watching.
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.
9780674075450
Napalm--History.
Incendiary weapons--History.
Incendiary bombs--Design and construction--History.
Electronic Books.
UG447 / .N373 2013