Toxic : a history of nerve agents, from Nazi Germany to Putin's Russia /
Nerve agents are the world's deadliest means of chemical warfare. Nazi Germany developed the first military-grade nerve agents and massive industry for their manufacture, yet, strangely, the Third Reich never used them. At the end of the Second World War, the Allies were stunned to discover thi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2021]
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| Summary: | Nerve agents are the world's deadliest means of chemical warfare. Nazi Germany developed the first military-grade nerve agents and massive industry for their manufacture, yet, strangely, the Third Reich never used them. At the end of the Second World War, the Allies were stunned to discover this advanced and extensive program. The Soviets and Western powers embarked on a new arms race, amassing huge chemical arsenals. From their Nazi invention to the 2018 Novichok attack in Britain, Dan Kaszeta uncovers nerve agents' gradual spread across the world, despite international arms control efforts. They've been deployed in the Iran-Iraq War, by terrorists in Japan, in the Syrian civil war and by assassins in Malaysia and Salisbury, always with bitter consequences. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 379 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0197578098 9780197578094 |