N. Davison

'Non-Lethal' Weapons (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the development and deployment of 'non-lethal' weapons by police and military organizations. It reviews the key technologies, issues, and dangers, with particular attention to the development of drugs, lasers, microwaves, and acoustics as incapacitating weapons.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230233980
• Artikelnr.: 45962670

Autorenporträt

NEIL DAVISON is Senior Policy Adviser in the Science Policy Centre at the Royal Society. For four years he was lead researcher on 'non-lethal' weapons at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Paul Rogers Introduction 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 Notes Index