Niche Threat: Deterring the Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons

by Stuart E. Johnson

Addresses concerns over the"niche" threat -- the use of chemical or biological weapons by countries who lack the conventional power to challenge the U.S., but who do possess the resources and know-how to possibly resort to weapons of mass destruction. Discusses the need to establish a new set of assumptions for framing U.S. chemical and biological weapons planning. Provides an overview of the nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons environment,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0160544033
• ISBN13: 9780160544033
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Government Printing Office
• Length: 135 Pages