The Use of Chemical Weapons in Warfare: Insights from Archives and Battlefields
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Authors
Center on Contemporary Conflict
Rubin, Lawrence
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Date of Issue
2016-10
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Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
There are no unclassified analyses of Iraqi decision making about chemical weapon
use in the 1980s. Based on newly available documentation from Ba’athist Iraq, this
project will produce the first publicly available study. The project will investigate
Iraq’s chemical weapons decision making in 1988 in order to produce a monograph
that draws insights from the Iraq case study that are applicable to understanding
Syria’s recent chemical atrocities. The use of unparalleled documentation on Iraq’s
chemical weapon decision-making in 1988 makes this a uniquely rich case study.
The project will seek to answer three research questions: First, under what
conditions do leaders decide to gas domestic groups? Second, how much leverage
does the United States have to deter a country from employing chemical weapons?
Third, if the United States chooses not to take strong action, will this embolden the
aggressor state to engage in more undesirable behavior?
Type
Report
Description
Performer: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Project Lead: Lawrence Rubin
Project Cost: $72,002
FY16–17
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1 p.