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Weapons of Mass Destruction

Prospects for Proliferation

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  • © 2000

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  1. Edward Spiers
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Weapons of Mass Destruction

    • Edward M. Spiers
    Pages 1-18

  3. WMD Crises and Revelations in the 1990s

    • Edward M. Spiers
    Pages 19-39

  4. Political Leadership and Nonproliferation

    • Edward M. Spiers
    Pages 40-56

  5. Military Utility of Weapons of Mass Destruction

    • Edward M. Spiers
    Pages 57-75

  6. NBC Terrorism

    • Edward M. Spiers
    Pages 76-97

  7. Multilateral Control Regimes

    • Edward M. Spiers
    Pages 98-118

  8. Counterproliferation

    • Edward M. Spiers
    Pages 119-139

  9. Proliferation: Risks and Challenges

    • Edward M. Spiers
    Pages 140-156

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 157-223
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About this book

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction has continued to give cause for concern even after the end of the Cold War. This book analyses how the prospects for proliferation have changed since the 1990s, particularly in light of the Gulf War and the UN inspections of Iraq. It will examine the new pattern of incentives and disincentives for proliferation, the utility of these weapons at state and sub-state levels and their implications for arms control and international security.

About the author

EDWARD M. SPIERS has been the Professor of Strategic Studies at Leeds University since 1993. He has written Haldane: an Army Reformer; Army and Society: 1815-1945; Radical General: Sir George de Lacy Evans; Chemical Warfare; Chemical Weapons and Biological Weapons: a Study of Proliferation; and has edited Sudan: the Reconquest Reassessed. He has also written may articles on contemporary defence issues and aspects of military history.

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