A Higher Form of Killing: Six Weeks in the First World War That Forever Changed

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

A Higher Form of KillingSix Weeks in the First World War That Forever Changed the Nature of Warfare\nAuthor(s): Diana Preston\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\nISBN-13: 9781408878224, 978-1408878224\nSynopsis\n_________________\n\n'A harrowing - and, in this era of drones, absolutely pertinent - look at the rapacious reaches of man's murderous imagination.' - starred review, Kirkus\n\n'A fascinating and chilling chronicle of weapons of mass destruction . . . Preston's eloquent and objective history of war is immensely exciting.' - Library Journal\n\n'Well-detailed, shattering . . . This is Preston at the top of her analytical form, offering fascinating modern parables on war, mortality and civilization.' - starred review, Publishers Weekly\n_________________\n\nPoison gas, the torpedo, the zeppelin - Diana Preston offers a startling new window onto World War I with her chronicle of the birth of weapons of mas.