Research Catalog

Title

Chemical warfare; a study in restraints, by Frederic J. Brown.

Author

Brown, Frederic Joseph

Publication

Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1968.

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Details

Description

xix, 355 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Chemical warfare
• Chemical arms control
• Chemical Warfare

Genre/Form

Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 321-342.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. 1. World War I -- The heritage of war -- Record of use -- Formation of restraints -- Military perspectives -- Fears for the future : escalation -- pt. 2. The interwar years -- The aftermath of war -- Drafting the peace -- American industry and propaganda -- Washington Arms conference -- Institutionalization within the military -- The evolution of policy, 1922-1939 -- External stimulants -- Internal review -- Restraints at the outbreak of war -- Military unpreparedness -- The problem of civil defense -- Unrealistic threat perception -- Public opposition -- A tenuous legal restraint -- pt. 3. The test of World War II -- Confirmation of restraints 1939-1942 -- Hesitation 1939-1941 -- Reevaluation after Pearl Harbor -- British chemical warfare policy -- German chemical warfare policy -- Japanese chemical warfare policy -- The crucial test : mid-1945 -- The success of minimum deterrence -- The new environment in 1945 -- Restraints on employment -- Ineffective restraints -- Summary and conclusions.

LCCN

^^^68020868^

OCLC

• 441703
• SCSB-10275026

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library