Chemical and Biological Warfare: A Comprehensive Survey for the Concerned Citizen [Hardcover]

The armaments of chemical and biological warfare (CBW), as Eric Coddy shows in this introduction for the concerned layman, are now widely held not just by nation-states, but by terrorist and criminal enterprises. The weapons themselves are relatively inexpensive and very easy to hide, and organizations of just a few dozen people are capable of deploying potentially devastating attacks with them. While in the twentieth century most of our arms-control effort focused, rightly, on nuclear arsenals, in the twenty-first century CBW will almost certainly require just as much attention. This book defines the basics of CBW for the concerned citizen, including non-alarmist scientific descriptions of the weapons and their antidotes, methods of deployment and defensive response, and the likelihood in the current global political climate of additional proliferation.One: Gas, Bugs, and Common Sense.- 1: The Fog of War.- 2: Who Has These Weapons?.- 3: Threats and Responses.- Two: Chemical Agents.- 4: Basic Concepts.- 5: Chemical Warfare: A Brief History.- 6: Control and Disarmament.- Three: Biological Agents.- 7: Basic Concepts.- 8: Biological Warfare: A Brief History.- 9: Control and Disarmament.- 10: Vaccination and Biological Warfare.- Notes.- Select Bibliography.

From the reviews:

Croddy provides a useful handbook for anyone who wishes to know about chemical and biological weapons (CBW). & Croddy lays out basic information in the beginning and only gradually adds complexity when the reader is ready for it. & Croddy incorporates the latest information, including the changing tactics of terrorists and their plans to use CBW. & Particularly useful is Croddys discussion of the current controversy surrounding mandatory vaccination of all US military personnel & . Recommended for both undergraduate and graduate students. (J. Granville, CHOICE, July, 2002)

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