Banning Chemical Weapons
The Scientific Background

A comprehensive 1993 account of all the issues surrounding chemical warfare, presenting technical information in a form accessible to the non-scientist.

Hugh D. Crone (Author)

9780521427111, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 30 October 1992

134 pages, 33 b/w illus. 16 tables
22.8 x 15.2 x 1 cm, 0.197 kg

'… the author has managed to pack an amazing amount of information into a slim volume and present it in a very readable style: concise yet thorough, factual but also entertaining …'. Nature

Banning Chemical Weapons, first published in 1993, provides a readable and brief outline of chemical warfare, its origins and the offensive and defensive aspects. The aim of this book is to give technical information to people interested in the wider aspects of disarmament, by showing how this technical material must be used in the negotiations to achieve a worldwide and enforceable ban on chemical weapons. While not a textbook, this volume provides accessible technical background to the issue of chemical disarmament.

1. Introduction
2. The science of peace and war
3. Chemistry and chemical warfare
4. The target
5. Modern chemical warfare: offence
6. Modern chemical warfare: defence
7. Discussions on matters of particular interest
8. Chemical industry and the trade in chemicals
9. Technical problems in the implementation of a chemical weapons convention
10. The future for arms control
11. Conclusions
Appendices.

Subject Areas: Chemical & biological weapons [JWMC]