The Chemists’ War: 1914-1918

To explore the chemistry of the First World War, Freemantle draws mainly on English-language sources in both chemistry and history, so his account focuses heavily on the western front. His topics include much more than chemical warfare, women’s contributions, the chemistry of a single firearm cartridge, whaling for war, May Sybil Leslie, Fritz Haber revered and reviled, the world’s first weapons of mass destruction, William Jackson Pope and the mustard agents, solutions at sea, America’s wartime potash problem, and one building with two memorials. Distributed in the US by Ingram Publisher Services. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)