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"Men of strong minds and who think for themselves, should not be discouraged on finding occasionally that some of their best ideas have been anticipated by former writers; they will neither anathematize others nor despair themselves. They will rather go on discovering things before discovered, until they are rewarded with a land hitherto unknown, an empire indisputably their own, both right of conquest and of discovery."
- C. C. Colton
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| | Non-Lethal Weapons:
A Fatal Attraction?
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| | by , Nick Lewer,
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ZIN Product Number: 10618726
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 Format: Paperback, 158 pages
Publisher: Zed Books
ISBN: 1856494861
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Laser weapons, optical munitions causing blinding, electrical stunners, infrasound beams to disorient people, repeat pulse microwave devices, and a whole range of new chemical weapons (super-corrosives, super-adhesives, anti-traction and embrittling substances) - the list of new generation, hi-tech anti-personnel and anti-materielä weaponry is a long one. These so-called non-lethal weapons are the subject of this remarkable book on an arms race which the general public has hardly yet heard of. Yet, in the brave new world of post-cold war 'benign interventions' - from Bosnia to Somalia - American, British and other Western armed forces are busy pursuing a variety of new devices which, they hope, will cause fewer civilian, and also fewer military, casualties and so excite less popular opposition. Various police forces are also interested as they confront increasingly alienated communities and urban riots. This book tells us what the new weapons are, how they work, and the burgeoning body of policy and doctrine relating to their deployment. It describes how this military hi-tech is already beginning to be used and the health risks, ethical implications and human rights consequences involved. The authors discuss the new notion of benign intervention as it becomes a central part of 21st century strategy for the maintenance of order in an essentially disorderly world.
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| | | |  | | | | List of Tables | | | Acknowledgements | | | Glossary of Acronyms | | | Introduction | 1 | | Ch. 1 | Non-Lethal Weapons and the Post-Cold War Environment | 5 | | Ch. 2 | Technology and the Invention of Non-Lethal Weapons | 24 | | Ch. 3 | Policy, Doctrine, Strategy, Operations | 48 | | Ch. 4 | Controls and Constraints: Legal and Ethical Dilemmas | 81 | | Ch. 5 | Strategic Implications into the Twenty-first Century: The Concept of Benign Intervention | 101 | | Ch. 6 | Conclusion: The Future Role of Non-Lethal Weapons | 127 | | App | Non-Lethal Weapons: Recent Policy and Operational Influences | 135 | | Bibliography | 137 | | Index | 150 |
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Nonlethal weapons, World politics, 1989-, Twenty-first century, Technology & Industrial Arts, Political Science, Political Freedom & Security - International Secur, Military Science, Technology, World politics, 1989-, Twenty-first century, Nonlethal weapons
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