Chemical Warfare during the Vietnam War: Riot Control Agents in Combat

by D. Hank Ellison

Book Overview

Chemical Warfare during the Vietnam War documents the use of antipersonnel chemical weapons throughout the Vietnam War, and explores their effectiveness under the wide variety of circumstances in which they were employed. The short, readable account follows the US program as it progressed from a focus on the humanitarian aspects of non-lethal chemicals to their use as a means of increasing and enhancing the destructiveness of traditional weapons...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415876451
• ISBN13: 9780415876452
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"