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Non-Lethal Weapons: A Fatal Attraction? : Military Strategies and Technologies for 21St-Century Conflict - Couverture souple

Schofield, Steven; Lewer, Nick

 
9781856494861: Non-Lethal Weapons: A Fatal Attraction? : Military Strategies and Technologies for 21St-Century Conflict
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1856494861 ISBN 13 : 9781856494861
Editeur : Zed Books Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

This work looks at a new arms race which the general public has hardly yet heard of - the development of so-called non-lethal weapons such as blinding lasers, electrical stunners, infrasound disorienting beams, repeat pulse microwave devices and a whole range of new chemical weapons. The authors explain what the new weapons are and how they work. They describe how this military hi-tech is already beginning to be used and the health risks, ethical implications and human rights consequences involved. They discuss the new notion of benign intervention as it becomes a central part of 21st-century strategy for the maintenance of order in an essentially disorderly world.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This work looks at a new arms race which the general public has hardly yet heard of - the development of so-called non-lethal weapons such as blinding lasers, electrical stunners, infrasound disorienting beams, repeat pulse microwave devices and a whole range of new chemical weapons. The authors explain what the new weapons are and how they work. They describe how this military hi-tech is already beginning to be used and the health risks, ethical implications and human rights consequences involved. They discuss the new notion of benign intervention as it becomes a central part of 21st-century strategy for the maintenance of order in an essentially disorderly world.

Revue de presse

'A brilliant path-breaking work which will spark and shape debate on non-lethal weapons for some time... Particularly impressive for putting non-lethal weapons into a larger conceptual and strategic framework' --Professor Steven Metz, Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College

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Éditeur
Zed Books Ltd
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1856494861
ISBN 13 
9781856494861
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9781856494854: Non-Lethal Weapons: A Fatal Attraction? : Military Strategies and Technologies for 21St-Century Conflict

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ISBN 10 :  1856494853 ISBN 13 :  9781856494854
Editeur : Zed Books Ltd, 1997
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