Nerve agents are the world's deadliest means of chemical warfare. Nazi Germany developed the first military-grade nerve agents and massive industry for their manufacture - yet, strangely, the Third Reich never used them. At the end of the Second World War, the Allies were stunne…
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Drawing on classical sociological writing on secrecy by Simmel, Merton and Shils this groundbreaking book by Brian Balmer also draws in more contemporary perspectives in science and technology studies that understand knowledge and social order as co-produced within heterogeneous…
Examines the chemical warfare capabilities of the Soviet Union and the dangerous threat this new type of weaponry represents to the U.S. and the rest of the world.
This book analyses the Syria crisis and the role of chemical weapons in relation to US foreign policy. The Syrian government's use of such weapons and their subsequent elimination has dominated the US response to the conflict, where these are viewed as particularly horrific arms…
This timely collection of original essays traces the migration of synthetic chemicals from the laboratory to the factory and then into the environment, bodies and communities.
"This book is a study of the diverse array of chemical weapons that were deployed, prepared for use, or proposed during the Civil War".
"This book is a study of the diverse array of chemical weapons that were deployed, prepared for use, or proposed during the Civil War"--
In Chemical and Biological Weapons, Edward M. Spiers provides a thorough and even-handed examination of the weapons themselves-the various types and effects-and their evolution from World War I to the present. ...
