Napalm
Subtitle: an American biography
By: Robert M. Neer
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780674073012
Subjects: Weapons systems; Incendiary weapons; Napalm; Armed Forces; Design and construction; Incendiary bombs; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Hero; title: Harvard's genius; title: Anonymous research no. 4; title: American kamikazes: suicide bomber bats; title: We'll fight mercilessly; title: The American century; title: Soldier; title: Freedom's furnace; title: Vietnam syndrome; title: Seeing is believing; title: Indicted; title: Pariah; title: Baby burners; title: Law catches fire; title: The third protocol; title: Judgment day; title: The weapon that dare not speak its name; title: Epilogue: the whole world is watching.