High Explosives and War Gases

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND U.S. MOBILIZATION, 1917-18 HIGH EXPLOSIVES AND WAR GASES... 

Technical Expertise and U S. Mobilization, 1917-1918 High Explosives and War Gases. In Frontline and Factory Comparative Perspectives on the Chemical Industry at War, 1914-1924. Edited by Roy M. MacLeod and Jeffrey A. Johnson, 103-122. Dordrecht Springer, 2006. Used with the permission of Springer Science and Business Media B.V. 

The military chemicals that belligerents used to wage war, particularly several high explosives and war gases, also affected the industry s... 

While the relationship between the military and industry was problematic in both high explosives and war gases, the balance of power was very different because of the chemical characteristics of the war gases and because of less experience with them. 

Whereas federal agencies provided important and respected market information to the industry, their role in expanding production expertise lay mostly in shaping the larger political economy, with one major exception building the skills and capacity to manufacture military chemicals. The production of high explosives and of war gases provides a particularly explicit example of the way the private sector s level of... 

Mustard Gases. Mustard gas made its first appearance in World War I. It is reported that 9 million artillery shells were fired and produced 400,000 casualties. It was nearly five times as effective as shrapnel and high explosive... 

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