Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Greenwood Press, Date: 1999. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Tight library copy with standard library markings. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine, minimal signs of shelf wear. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1999. Greenwood Press ISBN 0313310386 9780313310386 [US]

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Date: 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0313310386 . Slight hint of foxing to top edges of pages. ; Review copy with folded sheet laid-in; 157 pages . 1999. Greenwood Press ISBN 0313310386 9780313310386 [US]

Greenwood, Date: 1999, 1999. 1st ed. 157p. Maroon cloth. Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. 1999. Greenwood, 1999 ISBN 0313310386 9780313310386 [US]

ISBN10: 0313310386, ISBN13: 9780313310386, [publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The threat of poison gas, and other related biological warfare agents, holds our society hostage to the possible actions of terrorist groups or rogue states. This study hopes to convince policymakers and the general public that the bad reputation that surrounds the use of gas is largely the result of propaganda, misinformation, and oft-repeated half-truths. With proper precautions and discipline, neither the military nor society need fear gas as a weapon of mass destruction, wielded by dictators and cowards who utilize the loopholes in international agreements and flaunt world opinion. While not advocating the use of toxic gas in warfare, the author argues that education and common sense are the most effective tools to combat the gases that remain in arsenals around the world.After a discussion of the earliest uses of gas and other similar tactics in warfare, this book explains how our image of gas has been shaped by early pronouncements that branded it a treacherous and barbarous weapon. The fear of retribution, as well as political motivations, prevented the use of gas warfare in the Second World War, but its use resurfaced in later decades both in warfare and in combatting internal strife. The author details various types of gas and discusses the most effective measures to counter each one. He also chronicles the long ...
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