Chemical and biological warfare: an annotated bibliography

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, Md.,USA: Scarecrow Press, 1997Description: 429pISBN:
  • 0810832712 (hbk.):
Subject(s): Summary: COVERAGE:An annotated bibliography of references to texts and articles about chemical and biological warfare (CBW). Chapter headings include: Background reading on CBW; chemical and biological warfare in past and modern history; Chemical warfare - The World War I experience; Restraint, deterrence, and chemical warfare - World War II; Nerve agents; Tear gas/harrassing agents; herbicides in war; Biological warfare - background and defense policy issues; Protection measures and equipment; decontamination and casualty; U.S. CBW defence policy; CBW - combat operations; CBW and civil defence; Terrorism and CBW; Chemical weapons and arms control; disposal of chemical weapons; legal and moral aspects of CBW; and CBW in the former Soviet Union, in the Middle east, in Africa, in Latin America and in Asia.ARRANGEMENT:References are arranged alphabetically by author under chapter headings given above and under sub-headings within chapters. Also includes an introduction; internet sources; and appendices list sources on CBW and those countries that have ratified the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention. Indexed by author and subject.
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COVERAGE:An annotated bibliography of references to texts and articles about chemical and biological warfare (CBW). Chapter headings include: Background reading on CBW; chemical and biological warfare in past and modern history; Chemical warfare - The World War I experience; Restraint, deterrence, and chemical warfare - World War II; Nerve agents; Tear gas/harrassing agents; herbicides in war; Biological warfare - background and defense policy issues; Protection measures and equipment; decontamination and casualty; U.S. CBW defence policy; CBW - combat operations; CBW and civil defence; Terrorism and CBW; Chemical weapons and arms control; disposal of chemical weapons; legal and moral aspects of CBW; and CBW in the former Soviet Union, in the Middle east, in Africa, in Latin America and in Asia.ARRANGEMENT:References are arranged alphabetically by author under chapter headings given above and under sub-headings within chapters. Also includes an introduction; internet sources; and appendices list sources on CBW and those countries that have ratified the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention. Indexed by author and subject.

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