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Why would a nation, in the midst of a vicious and unrestricted war, hesitate to employ a weapon guaranteed to inflict massive casualties on the enemy? Major Frederic Brown offers here the first critical analysis of this curious World War II phenomenon. He investigates the nature of restraints-political, military, economic, and psychological-operati



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. ix*LIST OF TABLES, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION, pg. xv*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*1. THE HERITAGE OF WAR, pg. 3*INTRODUCTION, pg. 49*2. THE AFTERMATH OF WAR, pg. 51*3. THE EVOLUTION OF POLICY, 1922-1939, pg. 97*4. RESTRAINTS AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, pg. 149*INTRODUCTION, pg. 189*5. CONFIRMATION OF RESTRAINTS 1939-1942, pg. 191*6. THE CRUCIAL TEST-MID-1945, pg. 262*7. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS, pg. 290*GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS, pg. 317*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 321*INDEX, pg. 343

Chemical Warfare

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691622378, 978-0691622378
      ISBN10: 069162237X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Why would a nation, in the midst of a vicious and unrestricted war, hesitate to employ a weapon guaranteed to inflict massive casualties on the enemy? Major Frederic Brown offers here the first critical analysis of this curious World War II phenomenon. He investigates the nature of restraints-political, military, economic, and psychological-operati



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. ix*LIST OF TABLES, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION, pg. xv*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*1. THE HERITAGE OF WAR, pg. 3*INTRODUCTION, pg. 49*2. THE AFTERMATH OF WAR, pg. 51*3. THE EVOLUTION OF POLICY, 1922-1939, pg. 97*4. RESTRAINTS AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, pg. 149*INTRODUCTION, pg. 189*5. CONFIRMATION OF RESTRAINTS 1939-1942, pg. 191*6. THE CRUCIAL TEST-MID-1945, pg. 262*7. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS, pg. 290*GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS, pg. 317*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 321*INDEX, pg. 343

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