Weapons of Mass Destruction: The No-Nonsense Guide to Nuclear, Chemical and Bilogical Weapons Today - Rilegato

Hutchinson, Robert

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ISBN 10: 0297830910 ISBN 13: 9780297830917

Casa editrice: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, 2003

Riassunto

When Tom Lehrer sang 'We'll all go together when we go', the world was gripped by fear of nuclear holocaust. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the threat was assumed to have gone away. But Libya, Iraq, Iran and North Korea and others are building weapons of mass destruction, nuclear, biological and chemical. And terrorists like bin Laden are trying to get their hands on them too.

The next live Scud missile launch could signal the next Hiroshima. Russia has enough weapons grade plutonium in poorly guarded facilities to make 20,000 atomic bombs. Osama bin Laden only needs one.

Chemical weapons remain the 'poor man's nuke'. Saddam believed his chemical weapons saved him in the first Gulf War.

Islamic fundamentalists have been preparing to use ricin for mass poisoning in London. A Japanese doomsday cult used sarin nerve gas on the Tokyo underground.

Robert Hutchinson's measured account provides a straightforward guide to the weapons that threaten civilisation.

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Recensione:

The list is endless, the facts mind-boggling, the potential horror terrifying - a compelling page-turner. (GUN MART (Nov 2003))

The book is both historical and analytical ... [the author] admits that his book makes 'grim reading' but however grim it describes the world we live in, the evils we have to fight. (CONTEMPORARY REVIEW (June 2003))

'A timely and shocking book that retraces the grim history of weapons of mass destruction. Roert Hutchinson cuts through the technical jargon to explain why these weapons, be they nuclear, biological or chemical, pose such a deadly threat to us all - today more than ever ... An astonishing book that offers a real glimpse of Pandora's Box.' ***** ('essential') (EYE SPY 'Book of the Month', issue 17)

'Hutchinson paints an alarming picture of just how the world could end... The book offers a good overall history of the subject... and provides some splendid nuggets of oddity... A good, readable guide to a very unpleasant subject' (FORTEAN TIMES (July 2003))

Descrizione del libro:

A straightforward guide to weapons of mass destruction: what they are, who has them and when they will be used

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• Editore: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0297830910
• ISBN 13: 9780297830917
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 320