Bibliograph

War of nerves, chemical warfare from World War I to al-Qaeda, Jonathan B. Tucker

Type

Label

War of nerves, chemical warfare from World War I to al-Qaeda, Jonathan B. Tucker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 451-456) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

War of nerves

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographypatent document

Oclc number

759509238

Responsibility statement

Jonathan B. Tucker

Sub title

chemical warfare from World War I to al-Qaeda

Summary

In War of Nerves, Jonathan Tucker, a leading expert on chemical and biological weapons, writes about chemical warfare from World War I to the present. --from publisher description

Table Of Contents

The chemistry of war -- IG Farben -- Perverted science -- Twilight of the Gods -- Fight for the spoils -- Research and development -- Building the stockpile -- Chemical arms race -- Agent venomous -- Yemen and after -- Incident at Skull Valley -- New fears -- Binary debate -- Silent spread -- Peace and war -- Whistle-blower -- The Tokyo subway -- The emerging threat

Target audience

adult

Classification