Proliferation and Disarmament of Chemical Weapons in the

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NATO Framework: Lessons from history

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Table of contents

0. Foreword 3

1. The past 6

1.a. CW and history: two world wars 6

1.b CW and history: bipolarism 9

1.c CW between past and present 10

2. The present 14

2.a. In general 14

2.a.1 The Balkans 15

2.a.2 Environment, too 18

2.a.3 Even underground 20

2.a.4 From the air 21

2.b A new military threat 22

2.b.1 Lessons from the Gulf? 25

2.b.2 Difficulties 27

2.b.3 The Gulf, again 29

2.b.4 Syndromes 31

2.c About CW and NATO 34

2.c.1 Arms control 34

2.c.2 Institutions and concepts 37

3. NATO, WMDI, WMDC: military options, policies and public opinion 40

3.a Military technicalities 42

3.b Policies 43

3.c Public opinion 52

References 56

About the authors 70