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|aDavison, Neil.
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|a'Non-Lethal' weapons|h[electronic resource] /|cNeil Davison.
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|aBasingstoke :|bPalgrave Macmillan,|c2009.
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|axix, 304 p. ;|c23 cm.
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|aGlobal issues series
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 220-294) and index.
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|aIntroduction -- The early history of 'non-lethal' weapons -- 'Non-lethal' weapons in the 1990s -- The contemporary development of 'non-lethal' weapons -- Chemical and biochemical weapons -- Directed energy weapons -- Acoustic weapons -- Conclusion.
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|aTechniques for reducing casualties, torture devices, tools for conflict resolution, or the technology of political control? Ostensibly the major impetus for the development of 'non-lethal' weapons has been to apply force without causing permanent injury or death, thereby reducing the need forlethal force. This book sheds light on a more complex story, with varied drivers, contradictory policy, premeditated and unanticipated results, and challenges to social, ethical and legal norms. Withparticular attention to the ongoing development of drugs, lasers, microwaves, and acoustics as incapacitating weapons, it provides an up-to-date analysis of the key technologies and weapons programmes, and highlights the major policy issues and concerns. There has been much conjecture about new andemerging 'non-lethal' weapons. This book separates whatis known from the speculation about developments at this intersection of technology and weapons development.
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|aElectronic reproduction.|bBasingstoke, England :|cPalgrave Macmillan,|d2010.|nMode of access:World Wide Web.|nSystem requirements: Web browser.|nTitle from title screen (viewed on Apr. 12, 2010).|nAccess may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
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|aNonlethal weapons.
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