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GAS, GAS, GAS! The Debate Over Chemical Warfare Between the World Wars
Introduction
Summary of Exhibit
Chemical Warfare Before the Great War
Ancient Use of Chemical Weapons
Early Regulation of Chemical Weapons
Chemical Weapons in the Great War
1915-1918
The Debate
The Debate
1919 Treaty of Versailles
Disarmament
U.S. Chemical Warfare Service
League of Nations
1921-22 Washington Naval Conference
Purpose
Addressing Chemical Weapons
Noncombatants
Politics
1925 Geneva Protocol
Consensus
The Geneva Protocol
U.S. Ratification Failure
Conclusion
Success?
