The first world war saw the first widespread ... who talk about going on with this war whatever it costs could see the soldiers suffering from mustard gas poisoning,” the British nurse Vera ...

Gas Several types of gas were used as a weapon in World War One. Mustard gas caused severe blistering and burns. Four thousand British soldiers were killed by mustard gas. Chlorine gas had a ...

In 53 years of Assad family rule, Syria’s government made chemical weapons by the ton, from giant vats of World War I-era mustard gas to nerve ... amount of sarin — one of the most lethal ...

As the title implies, the author spends much time on the use of poison gas in the war and the first chapter discusses the entire "problem" of discussing its use. This was both mustard gas bombs ...