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Chemical-Biological Defense - U.S. Military Policies and Decisions in the Gulf War (Paperback, New Ed)
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Chemical-Biological Defense - U.S. Military Policies and Decisions in the Gulf War (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Gulf War has been the only conflict in the last half-century
that featured the possible use of chemical-biological weapons
against U.S. forces. Vulnerability to such an attack spurred the
Department of Defense to action from the first hint of trouble in
August 1990 through the end of hostilities in March 1991. Nearly
disbanded in 1972, the U.S. Army Chemical Corps would be the prime
force in ensuring that U.S. forces could both survive and sustain
combat operations under chemical-biological warfare conditions.
Focussing on the work of senior Army officials, this account
assesses the degree of readiness achieved by the ground war's
initiation and the lessons learned since the conflict. For an
appropriately trained and equipped military force, chemical weapons
pose not the danger of mass destruction but the threat of mass
disruption, no more deadly than smart munitions or B-52 air
strikes. This book will reveal a coordinated response to train and
equip U.S. forces did take place prior to the feared Iraqi chemical
and biological attacks. Undocumented in any other book, it details
the plans that rushed sixty "Fox" reconnaissance vehicles to the
Gulf, the worldwide call for protective suits and masks, and the
successful placement of biological agent detectors prior to the air
offensive. In addition, the work addresses what really happened at
Khamisiyah. Were troops exposed to chemical weapons and what is
behind the mysterious Gulf War Syndrome?
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