Chemical warfare : a study in restraints / Frederic J. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Frederic J., author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 2119

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical arms control.

Chemical warfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton University Press : Princeton, New Jersey, 1968.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why would a nation, in the midst of a vicious and unrestricted war, hesitate to employ a weapon guaranteed to inflict massive casualties on the enemy? Major Frederic Brown offers here the first critical analysis of this curious World War II phenomenon. He investigates the nature of restraints-political, military, economic, and psychological-operative in varying degrees between 1919 and 1945, when U.S. chemical warfare policy was being formed. Starting with the experiences of toxic agent use during World War I, Major Brown shows how various restraints to gas warfare developed during the inter-war years. He then discusses the World War II experience. In the conclusion Major Brown relates his findings to contemporary conflicts and offers important implications for the future of the cold war.Originally published in 1968.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

INTRODUCTION

PART I. WORLD WAR I

1. THE HERITAGE OF WAR

PART II. THE INTERWAR YEARS

2. THE AFTERMATH OF WAR

3. THE EVOLUTION OF POLICY, 1922-1939

4. RESTRAINTS AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR

PART III. THE TEST OF WORLD WAR II

5. CONFIRMATION OF RESTRAINTS 1939-1942

6. THE CRUCIAL TEST-MID-1945

7. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

In Tibetan.

Impressions "from the extant blocks carved under the patronage of King Ñi-ma-rnam-rgyal of Ladakh at the beginning of the 18th century and preserved at the Royal Palace in Leh."

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691649153

0691649154

9781400876952

1400876958

OCLC:

966925025