Napalm : an American biography /
Neer, Robert M.,1964-
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2013.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-300) and index.
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.
Prologue: Trang Bang Village, South Vietnam -- Hero. Harvard's genius ; Anonymous research no. 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.
Napalm
Incendiary weapons
Incendiary bombs