A Higher Form of Killing Quotes

“This combination of incompetence and accidents led to increasing public hostility toward chemical weapons. After all, it was argued, if a few pounds of nerve agent was sufficient to kill 6,000 sheep, what would be the consequence of a full-scale accident?”
― Robert Harris, A Higher Form of Killing: The Secret History of Chemical and Biological Warfare

“The events of 1940 and 1941 showed that when a country has its back to the wall it is unlikely to put obligations like the Geneva Protocol ahead of military expediency.”
― Robert Harris, A Higher Form of Killing: The Secret History of Chemical and Biological Warfare