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Chemical Weaponry
A Continuing Challenge
ISBN/EAN: 9780333413616
Umbreit-Nr.: 9059510
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: ix, 230 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 05.05.1989
Auflage: 1/1989
- Zusatztext
- Chemical weapons are still a viable military option. This book assesses their appeal by examining how the agents, munitions and protective equipment of chemical warfare have evolved since 1915; how technological innovations and refinements in weaponry have altered tactical assumptions; and how these weapons have been employed in conflicts from the First World War to the Gulf War. The author argues that the weapon technology has proved inherently dynamic, that a new generation of biochemical agents may soon be available, and that arms control may not be able to curb these developments.