| Chemical and Biological Warfare: A Comprehensive Survey for the Concerned Citizen 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Croddy, Eric (Author), Perez-Armendariz, C. (With), Hart, J. (With) |
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ISBN: 0387950761 ISBN-13: 9780387950761 Publisher: Copernicus Books OUR PRICE: $40.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: In a nonalarmist way, this primer reviews the history of chemical and biological warfare, describes the defenses against currently known biological and chemical agents, considers the incentives and disincentives facing nations that either develop CBW armaments or tolerate their development, and reflects on the prospects for control and disarmament. For the reader who wants solid and level headed information on the current state of CBW affairs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Security (national & International) - History | Military - Biological & Chemical Warfare - Science |
| Dewey: 355.34 |
| LCCN: 2001054929 |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6.48" W x 9.59" (1.51 lbs) 306 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The armaments of chemical and biological warfare (CBW), as Eric Coddy shows in this introduction for the concerned layman, are now widely held not just by nation-states, but by terrorist and criminal enterprises. The weapons themselves are relatively inexpensive and very easy to hide, and organizations of just a few dozen people are capable of deploying potentially devastating attacks with them. While in the twentieth century most of our arms-control effort focused, rightly, on nuclear arsenals, in the twenty-first century CBW will almost certainly require just as much attention. This book defines the basics of CBW for the concerned citizen, including non-alarmist scientific descriptions of the weapons and their antidotes, methods of deployment and defensive response, and the likelihood in the current global political climate of additional proliferation. |