Contemporary chemical weapons use in Syria and Iraq by the Assad regime and the Islamic State / Robert J. Bunker.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Bunker, Robert J., author.

Contributor:

Army War College (U.S.). Press, issuing body.

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

IS (Organization).

Chemical weapons--Syria.

Chemical weapons.

Chemical weapons--Iraq.

Syria--History--Civil War, 2011-.

Syria.

Chemical warfare.

Iraq.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 67 pages)

Place of Publication:

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute : U.S. Army War College Press, 2019.

Summary:

This monograph focuses on an understudied, but yet a critically important and timely component of land warfare, related to the battlefield use of chemical weapons by contemporary threat forces. It will do so by focusing on two case studies related to chemical weapons use in Syria and Iraq by the Assad regime and the Islamic State. Initially, the monograph provides an overview of the chemical warfare capabilities of these two entities; discusses selected incidents of chemical weapons use each has perpetrated; provides analysis and lessons learned concerning these chemical weapons incidents, their programs, and the capabilities of the Assad regime and the Islamic State; and then presents U.S. Army policy and planning considerations on this topical areas of focus. Ultimately, such considerations must be considered vis-à-vis U.S. Army support of Joint Force implementation of National Command Authority guidance.

Notes:

"February 2019"--Title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-67).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover page (SSI, viewed February 18, 2019).

Other Format:

Print version: Bunker, Robert J. Contemporary chemical weapons use in Syria and Iraq by the Assad regime and the Islamic State.

OCLC:

1086203031