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Historical Dictionary of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Warfare

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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The history of biological weapons (BW), chemical weapons (CW), and nuclear weapons is complicated. It can be disturbing, tragic, and occasionally encouraging. It is rarely amusing, although the names selected for certain weapons suggest a casualness toward the consequences of their use: Atomic Annie, Blue Peacock, Dew of Death, Fat Man, Flying cow, George, Gilda, Helen of Bikini, Hurricane, Katie, Little Boy, Lulu, Mike, Red Beard, Sewer Pipe, Squirt. Use of BW and CW in warfare has produced mixed results in terms of effecting the outcome of a battle or campaign; despite this mixed record, both weapon types have attracted intense interest and strong advocacy for further use. The sole experience with use of nuclear weapons in warfare is viewed as hastening surrender by Japan, created competition among nations to develop more such weapons, and influenced efforts to ban any use or even stockpiling of such weapons. Each of these three weapon types has its own peculiar history, as recounted in this dictionary.This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries onterms related to NBC warfare, ranging from basic descriptions of substances used to details on incidents and episodes where NBC weapons were used, historical events, persons important to NBC warfare, countries where such weapons have been developed or used, and international treaties and treaty-related organizations.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-08-25
Mått157 x 240 x 36 mm
Vikt785 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieHistorical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest
Antal sidor410
Upplaga2
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781538106839

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The history and future of nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) warfare is both complicated and troubling. Garrett, formerly the FBI's senior scientist for weapons of mass destruction, revisits the topic in this second edition, significantly broadening its scope from the first (CH, Jan'08, 45-2385). The updated dictionary is 113 pages longer and contains expanded, updated entries and several new topics. Various weapons, their history and development, and attempts to control their use and proliferation are categorized through a chronology, an extensive bibliography, a lengthened acronyms and abbreviations list, and over 700 A–Z entries. Updates include new entries on Alexander Litvinenko, the Russian intelligence officer who died in 2006 of polonium-210 poisoning in a London hospital; microbial forensics, an expanding field used to analyze bioterrorism incidents; and the Vigo Plant, an army instillation in Vigo, IN, that produced biological weapons in the 1940s…. This second edition is an improvement over the original volume and provides an accessible resource for interested readers. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates and general readers.