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War of nerves : chemical warfare from World War I to al-Qaeda / Jonathan B. Tucker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tucker, Jonathan B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemical warfare--History.
- Chemical warfare.
- Chemical weapons--History.
- Chemical weapons.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 479 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pantheon Books, [2006]
- Summary:
- From an internationally recognized expert on chemical and biological warfare (author of "Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox") comes a history of chemical weapons, including nerve agents, the most lethal means of chemical warfare.
- Contents:
- The chemistry of war
- IG Farben
- Perverted science
- Twilight of the Gods
- Fight for the spoils
- Research and development
- Building the stockpile
- Chemical arms race
- Agent venomous
- Yemen and after
- Incident at Skull Valley
- New fears
- Binary debate
- Silent spread
- Peace and war
- Whistle-blower
- The Tokyo subway
- The emerging threat.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-456) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0375422293
- OCLC:
- 60419762
- Publisher Number:
- 9780375422294
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