Chemical and Biological Weapons : New Questions, New Answers

By Hood, Ernie

Book Id: WPLBN0000079930
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 0.3 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Chemical and Biological Weapons : New Questions, New Answers
Author:	Hood, Ernie
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, United Nations., United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Disarmament Documents
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Publisher:	United Nations- Office for Disarmament Affairs (Unoda)


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Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: The words ?chemical and biological weapons? (CBW) send a shiver down most spines these days. With the end of the Cold War, the possibility of a massive nuclear confrontation appears remote, so today many popular doomsday scenarios center on the aggressive use of chemical or biological warfare by rogue nations or terrorist groups. As exaggerated as some of the accounts are, with CBW cast as the latest unseen, unstoppable enemy, the threat posed by these weapons is all too real, and growing.