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Title Planning the unthinkable : how new powers will use nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons / [edited by] Peter R. Lavoy, Scott D. Sagan, and James J. Wirtz.
Publication Info. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2000.
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Description viii, 270 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Cornell studies in security affairs
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The origins of military doctrine and command and control systems / Scott D. Sagan -- Saddam's toxic arsenal: chemical and biological weapons in the Gulf Wars / Timothy V. McCarthy and Jonathan B. Tucker -- The Islamic Republic of Iran and nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons / Gregory F. Giles -- Nuclear arms in crisis under secrecy: Israel and the lessons of the 1967 and 1973 wars / Avner Cohen -- India's nuclear use doctrine / Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu -- Pakistan's nuclear use doctrine and command and control / Zafar Iqbal Cheema -- The Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea and unconventional weapons / Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr. -- Terrorist motivations and unconventional weapons / Jessica Stern -- Conclusions: planning the unthinkable / Lewis A. Dunn, Peter R. Lavoy, and Scott D. Sagan.
Subject Weapons of mass destruction.
World politics -- 21st century.
Armes de destruction massive.
Politique mondiale -- 21e siècle.
Added Author Lavoy, Peter R. (Peter René), 1961-
Sagan, Scott Douglas.
Wirtz, James J., 1958-
ISBN 0801437768 (cloth)
0801487048 (pbk.) 19.95