Ever since its employment in the First World War, chemical warfare
has always aroused controversy. Governments have responded by
pursuing the policies of disarmament and deterrence in the hope of
avoiding its recurrence. However, despite the signing of the Geneva
Protocol in 1925 which banned the use of poison gas, chemical
weapons have been used in subsequent conflicts and most recently in
the Gulf War between Iraq and Iran. In this work the policies of
disarmament and deterrence will be reassessed within a broad
historical and strategic context. It will be argued that poison gas
could still be used in a modern European conflict; that the Soviet
forces are the best equipped to operate in a contaminated
environment; and that weaknesses persist in NATO's anti-chemical
defences and in her deterrent. It will be emphasised, too, that the
Geneva disarmament talks, which have made some progress in recent
years, still face formidable difficulties over the issues of
verification and compliance. Above all, it will be claimed that the
onset of nuclear parity between the superpowers has eroded the
credibility of a deterrent to chemical attack based upon the threat
of nuclear release. Accordingly, this book will contend that the
United States should modernize her stockpile of chemical weapons to
bolster the Western deterrent and to provide more leverage for the
negotiations in Geneva.
General
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
February 1986 |
| First published: |
1986 |
| Authors: |
Edward M Spiers
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
277 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-333-34659-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Warfare & defence >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-333-34659-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780333346594 |
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