Leavenworth Papers, Chmical Warfare in World War I: The American Experience, 1917-1918 - Paperback

by Charles E. Heller (Author)

The combat experience of World War I provided the U.S. Army with its first significant exposure to chemical warfare. The purpose of this paper is to show how the Army prepared for this kind of warfare and how soldiers in the American Expeditionary Forces, from generals to doughboys, played a prominent role.