{"product_id":"toxic-a-history-of-nerve-agents-from-nazi-germany-to-putins-russia-hardcover","title":"Toxic: A History of Nerve Agents, from Nazi Germany to Putin's Russia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Kaszeta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNerve agents are the world's deadliest means of chemical warfare. Nazi Germany developed the first military-grade nerve agents and massive industry for their manufacture--yet, strangely, the Third Reich never used them. At the end of the Second World War, the Allies were stunned to discover this advanced and extensive programme. The Soviets and Western powers embarked on a new arms race, amassing huge chemical arsenals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom their Nazi invention to the 2018 Novichok attack in Britain, Dan Kaszeta uncovers nerve agents' gradual spread across the world, despite international arms control efforts. They've been deployed in the Iran-Iraq War, by terrorists in Japan, in the Syrian Civil War, and by assassins in Malaysia and Salisbury--always with bitter consequences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eToxic \u003c\/em\u003erecounts the grisly history of these weapons of mass destruction: a deadly suite of invisible, odourless killers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Kaszeta is a specialist defence and security consultant of Lithuanian ancestry, who has long studied Baltic history. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the author of \u003cem\u003e The Forest Brotherhood\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e Toxic\u003c\/em\u003e (both available from Oxford University Press) he has held positions in the US Secret Service and White House Military Office.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50408872837357,"sku":"9780197578094","price":82.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/toxic-a-history-of-nerve-agents-from-nazi-germany-to-putins-russia-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}