{"product_id":"one-hundred-years-of-chemical-bretislav-friedrich-9783319516639","title":"One Hundred Years of Chemical Warfare: Research, Deployment, Consequences","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn April 22, 1915, the German military released 150 tons of chlorine gas at Ypres, Belgium. Carried by a long-awaited wind, the chlorine cloud passed within a few minutes through the British and French trenches, leaving behind at least 1,000 dead and 4,000 injured. This chemical attack, which amounted to the first use of a weapon of mass destruction, marks a turning point in world history. The preparation as well as the execution of the gas attack was orchestrated by Fritz Haber, the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry in Berlin-Dahlem. During World War I, Haber transformed his research institute into a center for the development of chemical weapons (and of the means of protection against them).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBretislav Friedrich and Martin Wolf (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, the successor institution of Haber's institute) together with Dieter Hoffmann, J?gen Renn, and Florian Schmaltz (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science) organized an international symposium to commemorate the centenary of the infamous chemical attack. The symposium examined crucial facets of chemical warfare from the first research on and deployment of chemical weapons in WWI to the development and use of chemical warfare during the century hence. The focus was on scientific, ethical, legal, and political issues of chemical weapons research and deployment -- including the issue of dual use -- as well as the ongoing effort to control the possession of chemical weapons and to ultimately achieve their elimination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume consists of papers presented at the symposium and supplemented by additional articles that together cover key aspects of chemical warfare from 22 April 1915 until the summer of 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bretislav Friedrich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3319516639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783319516639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d","brand":"Bretislav Friedrich","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073588490495,"sku":"9783319516639","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a3fba20-e8bf-48e7-aac7-08650a6202a2.jpg?v=1685448712","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/one-hundred-years-of-chemical-bretislav-friedrich-9783319516639","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}