Napalm : an American biography / Robert M. Neer.

By:

Neer, Robert M, 1964- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780674075450

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

UG447 .N373 2013

Online resources:

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Contents:

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.

Abstract: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	UG447.65 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn831658265

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.

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