Nerve Agents in Postwar Britain: Deterrence, Publicity and Disarmament, 1945-1976

by William King

Book Overview

This book reveals the nature and level of British engagement with controversial and lethal nerve agent weapons from the end of the Second World War to Britain's submission of a draft Chemical Weapons Convention. At the very heart of this highly secretive aspect of British defence policy were fundamental questions over whether Britain should acquire nerve agent weapons for potential first-use against the Soviet Union, retain them purely for their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030704769
• ISBN13: 9783030704766
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"