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A History of Chemical Warfare

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Poorly researched, with resulting statements that are just untrue. Such as the supposed fact that Nazi 'G' agents were German & not Allied codes. On one page (not keyed in the index), Zyklon B is said to a HCN-bassed product (true) but on another page it is said to be a hydrochloric acid-based product!

In A History of Chemical Warfare, the author gives us a history of the development and use of chemical weapons from ancient times to the present. A lot of attention is given to WWI since the "great war to end all wars" saw the most prolific use of chemical weapons either before or since the war. Additionally, protocols attempting to control the proliferation and use of chemical weapons are assessed. Finally, the book examines the threat (real and imagined) from a chemical warfare attack today by rationally assessing to what extent terrorist groups around the world are capable of making and using such weapons.

I thought the book was just so so. It was dry and somewhat boring.