{"product_id":"nerve-agents-in-postwar-britain-william-king-9783030704766","title":"Nerve Agents in Postwar Britain: Deterrence, Publicity and Disarmament, 1945-1976","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book reveals the nature and level of British engagement with controversial and lethal nerve agent weapons from the end of the Second World War to Britain's submission of a draft Chemical Weapons Convention. At the very heart of this highly secretive aspect of British defence policy were fundamental questions over whether Britain should acquire nerve agent weapons for potential first-use against the Soviet Union, retain them purely for their deterrence value, or drive for either unilateral or international chemical weapons disarmament. These considerations and concerns over nerve agent weapons were not limited to low-level defence committees, nor were they consigned to the periphery, but featured prominently at the highest levels of the British government and defence planning. Importantly, and despite stringent secrecy, the book further uncovers how public scrutiny and protest movements played a substantial and successful part in influencing policy and attitudes towards nerve agent weapons. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030704769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030704766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.69d","brand":"William King","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072366964991,"sku":"9783030704766","price":139.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a00d758-8001-456f-898f-df8b459e4ed6.jpg?v=1685441534","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nerve-agents-in-postwar-britain-william-king-9783030704766","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}