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RECORD NUMBER: 85 OF 96Main Title | The eleventh plague : the politics of biological and chemical warfare / | |||||||||||
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Author | Cole, Leonard A., | |||||||||||
Publisher | W.H. Freeman, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1997 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 35042948 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0716729504; 9780716729501; 0716733013; 9780716733010 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Biological warfare ; Chemical warfare ; Biological weapons--Iraq ; Disarmament ; Emergency management ; Disaster Planning ; Guerre chimique ; Armes chimiques--Irak ; Guerre biologique | |||||||||||
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Collation | 284 pages ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-272) and index. |
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Contents Notes | "Explores the conflict between moral behavior and national security as it relates to chemical and biological warfare, arguing that the compromise of moral principles on the issue has led to greater insecurity around the world, and expressing the need to foster a universal sense of revulsion for poison weapons." 1. Introduction: Testing Ourselves -- 2. Old Tests, Failed Ethics -- 3. Is It Safe? -- 4. The Utah Experience -- 5. Iraq's Wake-Up Call -- 6. Israel in Gas Masks -- 7. Unanswered Questions -- 8. Tools of Terror -- 9. Banning Weapons, Catching Cheaters -- 10. Biological War, Biological Peace -- 11. Morality, Repugnance, and Biological Warfare. |