Non-conventional-weapons proliferation in the Middle East : tackling the spread of nuclear, chemical, and biological capabilities
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Non-conventional-weapons proliferation in the Middle East : tackling the spread of nuclear, chemical, and biological capabilities
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1993
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Based on papers presented originally at a conference held by the Dept. of War Studies at King's College, London, in Nov. 1991
Includes index
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The 1991 War in the Gulf has highlighted the dangers of non-conventional weapons and ballistic missile proliferation in the Third World in general and in the Middle East in particular. The employment by the Iraqis of ballistic missiles against Saudi Arabia and Israel, the possibility that Saddam Hussein could have decided to use chemical or biological weapons, and debates over the status of Iraq's nuclear programme were certainly key features of the crisis and war of the early 1990s. The dangers of non-conventional-weapons proliferation are not confined to Iraq: both ballistic missiles and chemical weapons are widespread and a number of countries continue with biological weapons research. At least one already deploys a sizeable nuclear arsenal. These capabilities have important implications for regional and international security, as well as for the arms trade and multi-lateral arms-control regimes. This volume contains papers on all aspects of non-conventional-weapons proliferation in the post-Gulf War period. Efraim Karsh was co-author of "The Gulf Conflict: Diplomacy and War in the New World Order" and also wrote "Neutrality and Small State".
Philip Sabin is the author of "The Third World War Scare in Britain".
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Historical experience: restraints on chemical, biological and nuclear use - some lessons from history, Philip A.G. Sabin
- rational ruthlessness - non-conventional and missile warfare in the Iran-Iraq War, Efraim Karsh
- non-conventional weaponry and ballistic missiles during the 1991 Gulf War, Martin Navias. Part 2 Proliferation - progress and prospects: chemical weapons proliferation in the Middle East, Julian Perry-Robinson
- biological weapons - their nature and arms control, Graham Pearson
- nuclear proliferation in the Middle East - the next chapter begins, Leonard Spector. Part 3 Strategic and political implications: the proliferation problem and the New World Order, Lawrence Freedman
- Middle-East stability and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Yezid Sayigh
- non-conventional weaponry and the future of Arab-Israeli deterrence, Avner Yaniv. Part 4 Arms control: arms control and supplier restraint - a British perspective, Bill Hopkinson
- arms control and the Arab-Israeli peace process, Geoffrey Kemp
- controlling the arms trade - prospects for the future, Stephanie Neuman.
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