{"product_id":"nonlethal-weapons-as-legitimising-forces-technology-politics-and-the-management-of-conflict-9780714654409","title":"Nonlethal Weapons as Legitimising Forces","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs mankind finds ever more impious ways to kill and maim, some look to non-lethal weapons as a fix. Brian Rappert discusses the technologies involved and the ethics of, for example blinding someone with a laser, leaving them blind forever, versus killing them outright.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e' ... excellent book ...'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eSurvival\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 Claims and expectations: what's in a name?; tools of the trade; threats and promises. Part 2 Technologies, contexts and controls: weapons of minimal harm? assessing effects; on to the streets - examining major deployments of non-lethals; controlling evaluations - the prospects for prohibitions. Part 3 Case studies: CS sprays in Britain; gauging electroshock weapons; humanitarian interventions, humanitarian tools?. Conclusions and recommendations.","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404091531607,"sku":"9780714654409","price":142.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780714654409.jpg?v=1730485397","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nonlethal-weapons-as-legitimising-forces-technology-politics-and-the-management-of-conflict-9780714654409","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}