Toxic warfare / / Theodore Karasik
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| Autore: |
Karasik Theodore William
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| Titolo: |
Toxic warfare / / Theodore Karasik
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| Pubblicazione: | Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (71 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 358/.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Poisons - War use |
| Toxins - War use | |
| Hazardous substances - War use | |
| Biological warfare | |
| Radioactive wastes - War use | |
| Terrorism | |
| Note generali: | "MR-1572-AF." |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-52). |
| Nota di contenuto: | PREFACE; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ACRONYMS; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; RECENT EXAMPLES OF TOXIC WARFARE; THE UBIQUITY OF RAW MATERIALS FOR TOXIC WEAPONS; THE IMPACT OF TOXIC WEAPONS; ABOUT THIS REPORT; Chapter Two WHAT ARE TOXIC WEAPONS?; THE COMPONENTS OF TOXIC WARFARE; SOURCES OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES; THE IMPACT OF TOXIC WARFARE; Chapter Three RECENT USE OF AND THINKING ABOUT TOXIC WEAPONS; POISONING WITH CHEMICALS, SEWAGE, AND PESTICIDES; CHEMICALS, GASES, AND SMOKE; TRENDS IN TOXIC WARFARE: ESCALATION OF USE, INCREASED SOPHISTICATION, EXOTIC COMBINATIONS |
| RAISING THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE? Chapter Four TOXIC THREATS IN EXPEDITIONARY SETTINGS; U.S. OPERATIONS AND TOXIC WARFARE IN THE 1990's; U.S. THINKING ABOUT TOXIC THREATS; REMAINING ISSUES FOR EXPEDITIONARY OPERATIONS; Chapter Five TOXIC THREATS IN THE UNITED STATES; AREAS OF VULNERABILITY; STEPS FOR PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES FROM AND RESPONDING TO TOXIC WARFARE; ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED; FINAL THOUGHTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Since the 1990's there has been an increase in the use of toxic weapons; for example, inexpensive and easily acquired chemicals and industrial waste. This work examines the implications of toxic weapon use for military planning and concludes that such weapons merit further analysis. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Toxic warfare |
| ISBN: | 1-282-28310-3 |
| 9786612283109 | |
| 0-8330-3223-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910220110103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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