Preventing a Biochemical Arms Race.

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Author / Creator:Kelle, Alexander.
Imprint:Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (256 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11166776
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Other authors / contributors:Nixdorff, Kathryn.
Dando, Malcolm.
ISBN:9780804786157
0804786151
9780804782753
080478275X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Preventing a Biochemical Arms Race responds to a growing concern that changes in the life sciences and the nature of warfare could lead to a resurgent interest in chemical and biological weapons (CBW) capabilities. By bringing together a wide range of historical material and current literature in the field of CBW arms control, the book reveals how these two disparate fields might be integrated to precipitate a biochemical arms race among major powers, rogue states, or even non-state actors. It seeks to raise awareness among policy practitioners, the academic community, and the media that such a.
Other form:Print version: 9780804782753