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Challenge of Chemical Weapons

An American Perspective

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Victor A. Utgoff

    1. Strategy, Forces and Resources Division, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, USA

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Chemical Warfare through World War I: Setting Modern Attitudes toward Chemical Warfare

    • Victor A. Utgoff
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Inter-War Years

    • Victor A. Utgoff
    Pages 14-26

  4. Testing ‘Strategic Deterrence’: Chemical Weapons and World War II

    • Victor A. Utgoff
    Pages 27-68

  5. Use and Non-Use of Chemical Weapons: The Post-World War II Years

    • Victor A. Utgoff
    Pages 69-87

  6. Negotiations to Control Chemical and Biological Warfare: The Post-World War II Years

    • Victor A. Utgoff
    Pages 88-128

  7. Changes in Chemical/Biological Weapons Technology and Public Opinion since World War II

    • Victor A. Utgoff
    Pages 129-142

  8. NATO’s Chemical Warfare Problem Today

    • Victor A. Utgoff
    Pages 143-198

  9. Third World National and Insurgent Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons

    • Victor A. Utgoff
    Pages 199-211

  10. Looking to the Future

    • Victor A. Utgoff
    Pages 212-230

  11. The Challenge of Chemical Weapons

    • Victor A. Utgoff
    Pages 231-236

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 237-273
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This book traces through a 100+ year history of evolving chemical weapons technology, public attitudes toward these weapons, attempts to negotiate controls on them, and important instances in which nations chose to use or forego the use of chemical weapons.

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  • Strategy, Forces and Resources Division, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, USA

    Victor A. Utgoff

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