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The Chemical Weapons Taboo
Language: en
Pages: 248
Authors: Richard M. Price
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-09-05 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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Richard M. Price asks why, among all the ominous technologies of weaponry throughout the history of warfare, chemical weapons carry a special moral stigma. Some
Syria and the Chemical Weapons Taboo
Language: en
Pages: 179
Authors: Michelle Bentley
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher:

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Focusing on the Syria crisis, this book challenges the arguments in favour of the chemical weapons taboo, demonstrating how it can exacerbate a conflict.
War of Nerves
Language: en
Pages: 466
Authors: Jonathan Tucker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-12-18 - Publisher: Anchor

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In this important and revelatory book, Jonathan Tucker, a leading expert on chemical and biological weapons, chronicles the lethal history of chemical warfare f
Syria and the chemical weapons taboo
Language: en
Pages: 261
Authors: Michelle Bentley
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-26 - Publisher: Manchester University Press

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This book analyses the Syria crisis and the role of chemical weapons in relation to US foreign policy. The Syrian government's use of such weapons and their sub
A Strange and Formidable Weapon
Language: en
Pages: 293
Authors: Marion Girard
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-06-01 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

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The advent of poison gas in World War I shocked Britons at all levels of society, yet by the end of the conflict their nation was a leader in chemical warfare.