Incapacitating Biochemical Weapons: Promise or Peril? - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0739114387 ISBN 13 : 9780739114384

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2007

Synopsis

Incapacitating Biochemical Weapons examines the promise and peril behind weapons based on natural or synthetic biochemical compounds that are meant to cause rapid incapacitation but not to kill. An agent has yet to be found that can effectively incapacitate people without risk of death when used in a real-world military or law enforcement situation. But revolutionary advances in the life sciences and biotechnology are generating new knowledge and potentially greater capabilities for manipulating human consciousness, emotions, mental functions, and behavior. These advances, coupled with the changing nature of conflict and warfare in the 21st century, are generating renewed government interest in incapacitating biochemical weapons.
Governments, international organizations, and society as a whole have critical decisions to make about whether and how to pursue the development, or conversely the effective prohibition, of incapacitating biochemical weapons. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the scientific, military, humanitarian, legal, and political issues associated with the development and use of incapacitating biochemical weapons. The expert contributing authors explore a wide range of issues pertinent to the topic from science to history to current military interest, arms control, and international law.Incapacitating Biochemical Weapons: Promise or Peril? will be of interest to scientists, the military and law enforcement communities, policy-makers, and all who are concerned about the proliferation of such weapons.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alan Pearson is director of the Biological and Chemical Weapons Control Program at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.
Marie Chevrier is associate professor of Public Policy Political Economy at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Mark Wheelis is senior lecturer in Microbiology at the University of California, Davis.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0739114387
• ISBN 13: 9780739114384
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 338
• Éditeur: Pearson Alan, Chevrier Marie, Wheelis Mark
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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