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Toxic warfare / Theodore Karasik.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Karasik, Theodore William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poisons--War use.
- Poisons.
- Toxins--War use.
- Toxins.
- Hazardous substances--War use.
- Hazardous substances.
- Biological warfare.
- Radioactive wastes--War use.
- Radioactive wastes.
- Terrorism.
- Chemical Warfare.
- United States.
- Chemical Warfare Agents--adverse effects.
- Environmental Exposure--adverse effects.
- Hazardous Substances--adverse effects.
- Medical Subjects:
- Chemical Warfare.
- United States.
- Chemical Warfare Agents--adverse effects.
- Environmental Exposure--adverse effects.
- Hazardous Substances--adverse effects.
- Terrorism.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 52 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2002.
- Contents:
- Recent Examples of Toxic Warfare 2
- The Ubiquity of Raw Materials for Toxic Weapons 3
- The Impact of Toxic Weapons 4
- About This Report 4
- Chapter 2 What are Toxic Weapons? 7
- The Components of Toxic Warfare 7
- Sources of Toxic Substances 11
- The Impact of Toxic Warfare 14
- Chapter 3 Recent Use of and Thinking About Toxic Weapons 17
- Poisoning with Chemicals, Sewage, and Pesticides 18
- The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 19
- Chemicals, Gases, and Smoke 21
- Bosnia 21
- Croatia 21
- Sri Lanka 22
- Chechnya and Russia 23
- Trends in Toxic Warfare: Escalation of Use, Increased Sophistication, Exotic Combinations 26
- Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden 26
- The ELN and FARC 27
- LTTE Sea and Land Attacks 27
- Raising the Level of Violence? 28
- Chapter 4 Toxic Threats in Expeditionary Settings 29
- U.S. Operations and Toxic Warfare in the 1990s 30
- U.S. Thinking About Toxic Threats 32
- Remaining Issues for Expeditionary Operations 34
- Chapter 5 Toxic Threats in the United States 39
- Areas of Vulnerability 39
- Steps for Protecting the United States from and Responding to Toxic Warfare 41
- Final Thoughts 43.
- Notes:
- "MR-1572-AF." -- p. [4] of cover.
- "Project Air Force."
- "Prepared for the United States Air Force."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-52).
- ISBN:
- 0833032070
- OCLC:
- 50132259
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