TY - BOOK ID - 78139093 TI - Weapons proliferation and war in the greater Middle East : strategic contest PY - 2005 SN - 1134213891 1281157740 9786611157746 0203018397 9780203018392 0415365864 9780415365864 9781134213894 9781281157744 6611157743 9781134213849 9781134213887 9780415407939 PB - London Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Arms transfers KW - Nuclear weapons KW - World politics KW - Middle East KW - United States KW - Strategic aspects. KW - Military policy. KW - Polemology KW - ontwapening KW - wapenhandel KW - kernwapens UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78139093 AB - This important new book explores the strategic reasons behind the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons as well as ballistic missile delivery systems in the Greater Middle East. It examines the uses and limitations of chemical weapons in regional combat, ballistic missile warfare and defenses, as well as Iran's drive for nuclear weapons and the likely regional reactions should Tehran acquire a nuclear weapons inventory. This book also discusses Chinese assistance to WMD and ballistic programs in the Greater Middle East. Finally, this book recommends policy options for A ER -