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A study of defense requirements in deterrence, active and passive defense, decontamination, counterforce, and military strategy when confronting an opponent armed with nuclear, biological, chemical, or missile capabilities on the battlefields of the future.

Table of Contents

NASTIs: The Threat from Iraq Other Bullies on Other Blocks The Counterproliferation Initiative Deterring Adversary NBC Attacks Passive Defenses against Chemical and Biological Attacks Theater Missile Defenses: Key to Future Operations Offensive Action: A Viable Option? Principles of War for the WMD Battlefield Defeating the Enemy's Military Strategy Index

About the Author

BARRY R. SCHNEIDER is Director of the USAF Counterproliferation Center at Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, and Associate Professor of International Relations in the Department of Future Conflict Studies at the U.S. Air War College./e A former strategic analyst at several Washington, D.C.-based think tanks, and a foreign affairs officer at the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in Washington, D.C., he is also co-editor of four books.

Reviews

?[B]arry Schneider offers an excellent brief on the current situation and military options for dealing with nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) threats in the future battlespace.?-Marine Corps Gazette

?Schneider provides some of the most impressive open-source maps situating.?-Military Review

"�B�arry Schneider offers an excellent brief on the current situation and military options for dealing with nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) threats in the future battlespace."-Marine Corps Gazette

"Schneider provides some of the most impressive open-source maps situating."-Military Review

"[B]arry Schneider offers an excellent brief on the current situation and military options for dealing with nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) threats in the future battlespace."-Marine Corps Gazette