Chemical and Biological Weapons

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Proliferation in Perspective

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   Pages 1-17

3. Proliferation: Scope and Implications

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   Pages 18-41

4. Proliferation Incentives, Supplies and Controls

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   Pages 42-64

5. Rabta: A Case Study in International Action

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   Pages 65-83

6. Bush’s Chemical Weapons Policy

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   Pages 84-106

7. The Gulf War

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   Pages 107-129

8. Chemical and Biological Arms Control

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   Pages 130-152

9. Proliferation Prospects

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   Pages 153-174

10. Back Matter

    Pages 175-250

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'...his previous forays into this subject have made him the Chemical Biological Weapons professionals' author and this book does nothing to diminish this view. It is also timely.' - British Army Review An analysis of the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons which examines the attractions and utility of these weapons for some developing states, the difficulties encountered in trying to control their spread, and the lessons from the Rabta controversy and the Gulf War. It reviews the evolution of American chemical weapons policy under the Bush administration, the implications of the Chemical Weapons Convention, and the problems posed by the inherently dynamic nature of these weapons and their tactical flexibility.

• Arms Control
• army
• evolution
• nature
• Proliferation
• state
• war
• weapons

'...his previous forays into this subject have made him the Chemical Biological Weapons professionals' author and this book does nothing to diminish this view. It is also timely.' - British Army

• University of Leeds, UK

  Edward M. Spiers

EDWARD M. SPIERS

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