Chemical and biological warfare : a reference handbook / Al Mauroni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mauroni, Albert J., 1962-

Series:

Contemporary world issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biological warfare.

Chemical warfare.

Physical Description:

xvii, 243 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2003]

Contents:

1 Addressing Chemical and Biological Warfare 1

Defining CB Warfare 2

In the Beginning: World War I 5

The Threat Increases: World War II 10

The Cold War Starts 13

The Vietnam Conflict 15

Changing Perceptions: 1968-1976 16

Disarming the Superpowers 18

Continued Proliferation 20

2 Issues and Controversies 27

The U.S. Offensive CB Warfare Program 28

Herbicides and Tear Gas 30

Human Volunteer Testing 32

Open-Air Testing 33

The 1968 Dugway Proving Ground Incident 34

President Nixon's 1969 BW Program Declaration 36

The Binary Chemical Weapons Program 38

The U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Program 41

CB Warfare Agent Exposure after the Persian Gulf War 43

Developing Medical Countermeasures against Biological Warfare Agents 46

Protection from Terrorist Use of CB Weapons 48

3 Why Countries Develop Chemical and Biological Weapons 53

Europe 56

The Former Soviet Union and Russia Today 59

East Asia 62

South Asia 65

Middle East and Africa 67

The Western Hemisphere 72

4 CB Warfare Chronology 75

Early History (1000 B.C.?

A.D. 1899) 75

Birth of Modern Chemical Warfare (1915-1946) 76

Cold War Era (1947-1990) 77

Proliferation of CB Weapons (1968 to the Present) 78

CBW Time Line 80

5 CB Weapon Systems 99

Chemical Warfare Agents 101

Chemical Weapon Delivery Systems 107

Biological Warfare Agents 109

Biological Weapon Delivery Systems 114

CB Terrorism 116

6 Defenses against CB Weapons 121

The Traditional Warfight 122

Protecting Military Installations 127

Homeland Security 130

Focusing on the Response 132

Gas at Caporetto 146

Egyptian Use of Chemical Weapons 148

The Iran-Iraq War 150

Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm 154

Mr. Anthrax Goes to Washington 163

8 Organizations, Associations, and Government and International Agencies 169

Books and Journal Articles 190

Journals, Bulletins, and Newsletters 203

Government Documents and Agency Publications 206.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1851094822

1851094873

OCLC:

52295746