Dew of death : the story of lewisite, America's World War I weapon of mass destruction / Joel A. Vilensky ; with the assistance of Pandy R. Sinish ; foreword by Richard Butler.

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, [2005], ©2005.

xxiii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

1878: two stars are born -- The poisonous yellow cloud and the American response -- The hunt for a new king -- The American university experimental station -- Willoughby: the Chemical Warfare Service's ace in the hole -- The inter-war years -- Military biology and BAL -- World War II: the gas war that never happened -- Lewisite production, use, and sea dumping after World War II -- Lewisite stockpiles and terrestrial residues -- Human and environmental toxicology -- Lewisite, terrorism, and the future.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-209) and index.