A Higher Form of Killing (65 page)

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

L3
zeppelin

Diagram of the interior of a zeppelin (Wikimedia Creative Commons license, Korteenea)

L3
zeppelin taking flight

The skeletal remains of a crashed zeppelin

Peter Strasser, Head of Germany’s Naval Airship Division

Kapitän-Leutnant Heinrich Mathy

Damage to homes in London caused by zeppelin bombing raids (Mary Evans Robert Hunt Collection/Imperial War Museum)

About the Author

Diana Preston is an acclaimed historian and author of the definitive
Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy
,
Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima
(winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology),
The Boxer Rebellion
, and
The Dark Defile: Britain’s Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838–1842
, among other works of narrative history. She and her husband, Michael, live in London.

By the Same Author

The Boxer Rebellion

Lusitania

A Pirate of Exquisite Mind

Before the Fallout

Taj Mahal

Cleopatra and Antony

The Dark Defile

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Preston, Diana, 1952–

A higher form of killing : six weeks in world war I that forever changed the nature of warfare / Diana

Preston. —First U.S. edition.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-62040-212-2 (hardback) 978-1-62040-214-6 (paperback) 978-1-62040-213-9 (ebook)

1. Germany—Armed Forces—Weapons systems—History—20th century. 2. Weapons of mass destruction—

Germany—History—20th century. 3. Ypres, 2nd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1915. 4. World War, 1914-1918—

Chemical warfare. 5. Lusitania (Steamship) 6. World War, 1914-1918—Naval operations—Submarine.

7. Bombing, Aerial—England—London—History—20th century. 8. Airships—Germany—History—

20th century. 9. Just war doctrine—History—20th century. 10. War (Philosophy)—History—20th century. I. Title.

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