Incapacitating Biochemical Weapons: Promise or Peril? by Mark Wheelis, Marie Isabelle Chevrier

Abbreviations     vii
Glossary     xi
Introduction   Alan M. Pearson   Marie Isabelle Chevrier   Mark Wheelis     xv
Nonconsensual Manipulation of Human Physiology Using Biochemicals   Mark Wheelis     1
Drug Development in the Twenty First Century and the Role of New Biotechnologies   Alan Goldhammer     19
Historical Military Interest in Low-lethality Biochemical Agents: Avoiding and Augmenting Lethal Force   Martin Furmanski     35
Late and Post-Cold War Research and Development of Incapacitating Biochemical Weapons   Alan M. Pearson     67
Current and Prospective Military and Law Enforcement Use of Chemical Agents for Incapacitation   George P. Fenton     103
Scientific Outlook for the Development of Incapacitants   Malcolm R. Dando     123
Potential Long-Term Physiological Consequences of Exposure to Incapacitating Biochemicals   Kathryn Nixdorff   Jack Melling     149
Incapacitating Chemical and Biochemical Weapons and Law Enforcement Under the Chemical Weapons Convention   David P. Fidler     171
Toxic Chemicals for Law Enforcement Including Domestic Riot Control Purposes Under the Chemical Weapons Convention   Adolf von Wagner     195
IncapacitatingBiochemicals and the Biological Weapons Convention   Marie Isabelle Chevrier   James F. Leonard     209
Incapacitating Biochemical Weapons: Risks and Uncertainties   Robin M. Coupland     225
International Law and the Regulation of Weapons   Francoise J. Hampson     231
Human Rights Law and the Use of Incapacitating Biochemical Weapons   William J. Aceves     261
Protecting and Reinforcing Humanitarian Norms: The Way Forward   Peter Herby     285
Conclusion and Recommendations   Alan M. Pearson   Marie Isabelle Chevrier   Mark Wheelis     291
Index     297
About the Contributors     303