Covers the history of this form of warfare, information on chemical agents themselves, as well as regulation, controls, and disposal policies. Scientific research on CBW, extending as far back as 1940 is organized under categories of CBW agents and their corresponding subheadings.
An in-depth analysis of nearly all chemical and biological weapons, their effects, and the politics surrounding their deployment.
Interviews with experts and an examination of previously classified documents underlie a study of the history, technological development, and expanding strategic role of chemical and biological warfare, in an updated study that incorporates ...
Examines the history and development of chemical and biological weapons and discusses their proliferation, association with terrorism, and efforts to control their use.
Describes the types of chemical and biological weapons and warfare, their effects, and how they are used by terrorists.
A survey of the key issues related to chemical and biological warfare discusses known chemical and biological agents and how they are weaponized, the roles they have played in history, and the actual risk of their being used today.
... Ted L. Hadfield, Bob O'Shea, Mark A. Mitchell and Martin E. Hugh-Jones, 'Confirmation of Bacillus anthracis from Flesh-eating Flies Collected during a West Texas Anthrax Season', Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46 (3), pp.918–922.
This book provides readers with an overview of what these weapons are, who uses them and why, and explains how much of a threat they are to our way of life.
3837; Graham S. Pearson, The UNSCOM Saga: Chemical and Biological Weapons Non-Proliferation (Houndmills, Basingstoke, 1999), p. 217. T. Weiner, 'US Spied on Iraq under UN Cover, Officials Now Say' and 'US Used UN Team to Place Spy ...
Discusses the history and detection of chemical and biological weapons and the plans for protection from future attacks.
In this new edition of Agents of War, Edward M. Spiers has expanded and updated this much-needed history with two new chapters on political poisoning and chemical weapons in the Middle East.