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This book has all the qualities that mark author Guy Hasegawa sscholarship: an interesting subject, engaging writing, and especially impeccableresearch. Indeed, the bibliography alone is worth the price of this book; readers will be impressed with the breadth of the author s reliance on primary and period sources. The warunleashed some unconventional even mad genius among inventors, North and South, and Hasegawa describes it from arsenic to zinc. James M. Schmidt, author of Galveston and the Civil War: An Island City in the Maelstrom One need not have a scientific background to appreciate Hasegawa s fine study of proposed chemical weapons during the Civil War. Thank goodness government officials, North and South, ignored nearly all the toxic, noxious, malodorous, and incendiary recommendations by inventive civilians that Hasegawa has detailed! Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein, Ph.D., author of The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine In Villainous Compounds, Hasegawa shows us how physicians, chemists, and inventors worked to develop new devices to fight war.Given what is happening in today s world and the information given by Hasegawa, we can again say that history has much to teach. Gordon E. Dammann, D.D.S., founder of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine For the military leadership of the American Civil War, few concepts were more important than honor, and few ideas as pervasive as the goal of engaging in civilized warfare. Even as the exigencies of war destroyed these ideals, proposals to use poisonous chemicals in battle were largely rejected.Hasegawa s masterful and exhaustive exploration of toxic Civil War ingenuity charts the course of such ideas, which would come to horrible fruition in World War I. Margaret Humphreys, M.D., Ph.D., Josiah Trent Professor in the History of Medicine, Duke University

-This book has all the qualities that mark author Guy Hasegawa's scholarship: an interesting subject, engaging writing, and--especially--impeccable research. Indeed, the bibliography alone is worth the price of this book; readers will be impressed with the breadth of the author's reliance on primary and period sources. The war unleashed some unconventional--even 'mad'--genius among inventors, North and South, and Hasegawa describes it from 'arsenic' to 'zinc.'---James M. Schmidt, author of Galveston and the Civil War: An Island City in the Maelstrom -One need not have a scientific background to appreciate Hasegawa's fine study of proposed chemical weapons during the Civil War. Thank goodness government officials, North and South, ignored nearly all the toxic, noxious, malodorous, and incendiary recommendations by inventive civilians that Hasegawa has detailed!---Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein, Ph.D., author of The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine -In Villainous Compounds, Hasegawa shows us how physicians, chemists, and inventors worked to develop new devices to fight war. Given what is happening in today's world and the information given by Hasegawa, we can again say that history has much to teach.---Gordon E. Dammann, D.D.S., founder of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine -For the military leadership of the American Civil War, few concepts were more important than honor, and few ideas as pervasive as the goal of engaging in 'civilized warfare.' Even as the exigencies of war destroyed these ideals, proposals to use poisonous chemicals in battle were largely rejected. Hasegawa's masterful and exhaustive exploration of toxic Civil War ingenuity charts the course of such ideas, which would come to horrible fruition in World War I.---Margaret Humphreys, M.D., Ph.D., Josiah Trent Professor in the History of Medicine, Duke University

This book has all the qualities that mark author Guy Hasegawa sscholarship: an interesting subject, engaging writing, and especially impeccableresearch. Indeed, the bibliography alone is worth the price of this book; readers will be impressed with the breadth of the author s reliance on primary and period sources. The warunleashed some unconventional even mad genius among inventors, North and South, and Hasegawa describes it from arsenic to zinc. <b>James M. Schmidt</b>, author of<i>Galveston and the Civil War: An Island City in the Maelstrom</i> One need not have a scientific background to appreciate Hasegawa s fine study of proposed chemical weapons during the Civil War. Thank goodness government officials, North and South, ignored nearly all the toxic, noxious, malodorous, and incendiary recommendations by inventive civilians that Hasegawa has detailed! <b>Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein</b>, Ph.D., author of <i>The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine </i> In <i>Villainous Compounds</i>, Hasegawa shows us how physicians, chemists, and inventors worked to develop new devices to fight war.Given what is happening in today s world and the information given by Hasegawa, we can again say that history has much to teach. <b>Gordon E. Dammann</b>, D.D.S., founder of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine For the military leadership of the American Civil War, few concepts were more important than honor, and few ideas as pervasive as the goal of engaging in civilized warfare. Even as the exigencies of war destroyed these ideals, proposals to use poisonous chemicals in battle were largely rejected.Hasegawa s masterful and exhaustive exploration of toxic Civil War ingenuity charts the course of such ideas, which would come to horrible fruition in World War I. <b>Margaret Humphreys</b>, M.D., Ph.D., Josiah Trent Professor in the History of Medicine, Duke University

This book has all the qualities that mark author Guy Hasegawa's scholarship: an interesting subject, engaging writing, and--especially--impeccable research. Indeed, the bibliography alone is worth the price of this book; readers will be impressed with the breadth of the author's reliance on primary and period sources. The war unleashed some unconventional--even 'mad'--genius among inventors, North and South, and Hasegawa describes it from 'arsenic' to 'zinc.' --James M. Schmidt, author of Galveston and the Civil War: An Island City in the Maelstrom One need not have a scientific background to appreciate Hasegawa's fine study of proposed chemical weapons during the Civil War. Thank goodness government officials, North and South, ignored nearly all the toxic, noxious, malodorous, and incendiary recommendations by inventive civilians that Hasegawa has detailed! --Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein, Ph.D., author of The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine In Villainous Compounds, Hasegawa shows us how physicians, chemists, and inventors worked to develop new devices to fight war. Given what is happening in today's world and the information given by Hasegawa, we can again say that history has much to teach. --Gordon E. Dammann, D.D.S., founder of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine For the military leadership of the American Civil War, few concepts were more important than honor, and few ideas as pervasive as the goal of engaging in 'civilized warfare.' Even as the exigencies of war destroyed these ideals, proposals to use poisonous chemicals in battle were largely rejected. Hasegawa's masterful and exhaustive exploration of toxic Civil War ingenuity charts the course of such ideas, which would come to horrible fruition in World War I. --Margaret Humphreys, M.D., Ph.D., Josiah Trent Professor in the History of Medicine, Duke University

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Guy R. Hasegawa, a pharmacist, is senior editor of the American Journal of HealthSystem Pharmacy. He is the author of Mending Broken Soldiers: The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs and the coeditor of Years of Change and Suffering: Modern Perspectives on Civil War Medicine.

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