D Hank Ellison

Chemical Warfare During the Vietnam War

Riot Control Agents in Combat

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Produktbeschreibung

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. It also presents the efforts of the North Vietnamese to both counter US chemical operations and to develop a chemical capability of their own. This largely overlooked facet of the Vietnam War provides an opportunity for students and scholars to examine many of the potential issues surrounding the use of non-lethal chemical agents in modern military operations, and serves as a backdrop to discussion of broader issues associated with chemical warfare, including the power of public perception. Chemical Warfare during the Vietnam War is a comprehensive and thoroughly fascinating examination of riot-control agents during the Vietnam War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780415876445
• ISBN-10: 0415876443
• Artikelnr.: 54572130

Autorenporträt

D. Hank Ellison has served in the US Army as an enlisted infantry soldier and a commissioned officer in the Chemical Corps, responsible for nuclear, biological, and chemical defense for infantry and artillery battalions. He is a hazardous materials instructor for Michigan State University's School of Criminal Justice.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Prelude
Chapter 3: Operation Stomp
Chapter 4: Tunnels
Chapter 5: Escalation
Chapter 6: Niches
Chapter 7: Urban Combat
Chapter 8: Communist Operations
Chapter 9: Conclusion
Appendices