Non-Conventional-Weapons Proliferation in the Middle East Tackling the Spread of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Capabilities

by Karsh, Efraim; Navias, Martin S.; Sabin, Philip

• ISBN13: 9780198277682
• ISBN10: 0198277687
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-09-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The 1991 Gulf war 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. But 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. This book contains papers by leading world experts on all aspects of non-conventional weapons proliferation in the post-Gulf War period.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vi
Abbreviations	p. ix
Contributors	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Historical Experience	p. 7
Restraints on Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Use: Some Lessons from History	p. 29
Rational Ruthlessness: Non-Conventional and Missile Warfare in the Iran-Iraq War	p. 46
Non-Conventional Weaponry and Ballistic Missiles During the 1991 Gulf War	p. 49
Proliferation: Progress And Prospects	p. 67
Chemical-Weapons Proliferation in the Middle East	p. 97
Biological Weapons: Their Nature and Arms Control	p. 99
Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East: The Next Chapter Begins	p. 158
Strategic And Political Implications	p. 161
The 'Proliferation Problem' and the New World Order	p. 163
Middle Eastern Stability and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction	p. 179
Non-Conventional Weaponry and the Future of Arab-Israeli Deterrence	p. 205
Arms Control	p. 221
Arms Control and Supplier Restraints: A Uk Perspective	p. 223
Arms Control and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process	p. 241
Controlling the Arms Trade: Prospects for the Future	p. 261
EFRAIM KARSH, MARTIN NAVIAS, AND PHILIP SABIN	p. 285
Index	p. 291
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