Robin Lindley interviews Robert Neer, author of a book on the history of napalm, for History News Network. Robin and Professor Neer give us the full story on the incendiary chemical, going much further back than Vietnam, the war that is often associated with napalm. Their conversation ranges from legal issues to public emotions about war to bats as weapons delivery systems.
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