Download or read book Living Weapons written by Gregory D. Koblentz and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Biological weapons are widely feared, yet rarely used. Biological weapons were the first weapon prohibited by an international treaty, yet the proliferation of these weapons increased after they were banned in 1972. Biological weapons are frequently called 'the poor man's atomic bomb,' yet they cannot provide the same deterrent capability as nuclear weapons. One of my goals in this book is to explain the underlying principles of these apparent paradoxes."—from Living Weapons Biological weapons are the least well understood of the so-called weapons of mass destruction. Unlike nuclear and chemical weapons, biological weapons are composed of, or derived from, living organisms. In Living Weapons, Gregory D. Koblentz provides a comprehensive analysis of the unique challenges that biological weapons pose for international security. At a time when the United States enjoys overwhelming conventional military superiority, biological weapons have emerged as an attractive means for less powerful states and terrorist groups to wage asymmetric warfare. Koblentz also warns that advances in the life sciences have the potential to heighten the lethality and variety of biological weapons. The considerable overlap between the equipment, materials and knowledge required to develop biological weapons, conduct civilian biomedical research, and develop biological defenses creates a multiuse dilemma that limits the effectiveness of verification, hinders civilian oversight, and complicates threat assessments. Living Weapons draws on the American, Soviet, Russian, South African, and Iraqi biological weapons programs to enhance our understanding of the special challenges posed by these weapons for arms control, deterrence, civilian-military relations, and intelligence. Koblentz also examines the aspirations of terrorist groups to develop these weapons and the obstacles they have faced. Biological weapons, Koblentz argues, will continue to threaten international security until defenses against such weapons are improved, governments can reliably detect biological weapon activities, the proliferation of materials and expertise is limited, and international norms against the possession and use of biological weapons are strengthened.
Download or read book Living Weapon written by Rowan Ricardo Phillips and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning essayist and poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips presents a bracing renewal of civic poetry in Living Weapon. . . . and we’d do this again And again and again, without ever Knowing we were the weapon ourselves, Stronger than steel, story, and hydrogen. — from "Even Homer Nods" A revelation, a shoring up, a transposition: Rowan Ricardo Phillips’s Living Weapon is a love song to the imagination, a new blade of light honed in on our political moment. A winged man plummets from the troposphere; four NYPD officers enter a cellphone store; concrete sidewalks hang overhead. Here, in his third collection of poems, Phillips offers us ruminations on violins and violence, on hatred, on turning forty-three, even on the end of existence itself. Living Weapon reveals to us the limitations of our vocabulary, that our platitudes are not enough for the brutal times in which we find ourselves. But still, our lives go on, and these are poems of survival as much as they are an indictment. Couched in language both wry and ample, Living Weapon is a piercing addition from a “virtuoso poetic voice” (Granta).
Download or read book Iron Fist The Living Weapon Volume 1 written by and published by Marvel. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High above the city, in a multi -million dollar penthouse, Danny Rand, a.k.a. Iron Fist, "The Living Weapon," is haunted by the consequences of choosing death over life. A message from Iron Fist's mystical homeland of K'un Lun brings Danny back to his blood soaked origin of betrayal and vengeance! Revenge is a weapon that cuts both ways.... will Danny survive the bloodletting? A one-of-a-kind kung fu action epic directed by the inimitable Kaare Andrews! COLLECTING: IRON FIST: THE LIVING WEAPON 1-6
Download or read book Living with Nuclear Weapons written by Albert Carnesale and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the history of the nuclear arms race, examines the dangers of nuclear war, and discusses strategies for stopping the spread of nuclear weapons.
Download or read book Iron Fist The Living Weapon The Complete Collection written by and published by Marvel. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one-of-a-kind kung-fu action epic directed by the inimitable Kaare Andrews! Danny Rand, Iron Fist, is haunted by the consequences of choosing death over life. But when he receives a message from his mystical homeland of K'un-Lun, he must return and relive his blood-soaked origin of betrayal and vengeance! The mystical city will be reduced to ruins, while Rand Tower will face a hostile takeover -very hostile! With the wolves at the door, and the villain behind it all terribly close to Danny's heart, will he be broken beyond repair? Or can he summon up the will to once again render his shattered hands like unto fists of iron? COLLECTING: IRON FIST: THE LIVING WEAPON 1-12
Download or read book Use of Weapons written by Iain M. Banks and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2008-12-22 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a lost cause. But not even its machine could see the horrors in his past. Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, Use of Weapons is a masterpiece of science fiction. The Culture Series Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons The State of the Art Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata
Download or read book Iron Fist written by Kaare Andrews and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2015-08-26 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible grand finale to Kaare Andrews Kung Fu epic! All of Danny Rands past and present have led to this: the world-shattering battle for the future! Danny Rand vs. The One with two worlds hanging in the balance! No redemption comes without sacrifice. What will become of the Iron Fist?
Download or read book The Jupiter Weapon written by Charles Louis Fontenay and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-13 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was a living weapon of destruction--immeasurably powerful, utterly invulnerable. There was only one question: Was he human?
Download or read book Iron Fist The Living Weapon Volume 2 written by and published by Marvel. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can the broken hands of Danny Rand re-form to IRON FISTS? There's a hostile takeover of Rand Tower. VERY hostile. Young Danny Rand discovers the mechanical heart of K'Un-Lun! COLLECTING: Iron Fist: The Living Weapon 7-12
Download or read book Alterkine written by jeff becker and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FUTURE IS NOW The World is changing, are you prepared? Science has progressed and has transformed the world, for better and for worse. Play as a human, mutant, or one of several new races. Containing new skills, weapons, cybernetics, mutations, and dozens of new feats, the Alterkine Player's Handbook gives you the tools you need to survive. This book requires the d20 Modern(R) and the Dungeons & Dragons(R) Core Rulebooks, published by Wizards of the Coast(R). This product is compatible with other d20 System(R) roleplaying games.
Download or read book The Weapon Bearer s Son written by Steven F. Warnock and published by Wordsmith Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a Werewolf supposed to do when he finds out he's descended from fallen angels? Hang on for another unexpected adventure, Mac and KC are back. From Montana to Delaware be prepared for new friends and old acquaintances to cross your path. From The Weapon Bearer's Son: "What evil in its right mind is gonna attack a ranch protected by a pack of heavily armed Montanan cowboy werewolves?"
Download or read book The Absolute Weapon Revisited written by T. V. Paul and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the contemporary role of nuclear weapons in international relations
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Download or read book The Last Druin written by Christopher Clanton and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-06-27 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be vigil my children, for when the day comes that the gods of old arise again, and the Wanderer walks abroad, the Uncrowned King shall stand beside the Last Druin and unite the lands against the Void But do not be deceived, the Great Beast Azkalon, Lord of the Void, shall awaken from the Beyond, woe to the unwary for even the dead shall cower in his wake. ~From the Prophecy of the Uncrowned King~ War has come to us at last. We had been warned. But the hubris of men has blinded us to the past, and all the alliances of old have faded. The Druins, who had stood to oppose the gods who have ruled our people for countless generations, are no more. They had been betrayed. We allowed them to free us, and once we became strong again, we destroyed them. Where should we turn now? For five hundred years we have stood upon the might of our Imperium. Will we be able to contend against the might of gods? I fear the dark shadows that grows beneath the mountains, for our doom is fated by the deceit of our own pride. We stand alone. The old gods have returned, once again Thangar will know the might of the Dwarves who worship them. ~Spoken by the Forgotten The days of prophecy are upon us. Let the Uncrowned King ride the course of Fate.
Download or read book Wolverine written by Matthew K. Manning and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get your claws on the inside story of Wolverine. Want to know the story behind the world's most popular X-Man, Wolverine? Discover what made this clawed mutant fighting machine, with a heart as strong as his adamantium-enhanced skeleton, the hero he is today. Get under his fur and find out every fascinating twist and turn in Wolverine's life story; from his mysterious origins and incredible powers to his personal struggles. You'll meet his lovers, allies and enemies and learn what happened when with the detailed timeline. Created in full collaboration with Marvel Comics and brought to life with original comic book art, this is the fans ultimate guide to Wolverine.
Download or read book Enevah written by Linda A. Ponsonby and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 749 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enevah - Book One - The First Diamonus & Planetary Creation, is an action packed, sci-fi fantasy! Superpowers abound in this epic tale and couple this with romance, humour, good versus evil, drama, intriguing ancestry, dark magic, planetary formation and discovery of other unknown planets, especially one in particular, where creation began! The Coterie must attempt to save many worlds from an incredibly dark soul, Lord Dretha! With the assistance of powerful soldiers and warriors from the ultimate planet, Enevah, many humans, creatures and beings from multiple planets, unite, forming a coterie, with a firm resolve to put differences aside, in the hope to find the hidden clues and treasures. All ancient artifacts must be discovered over multiple planets, then need to be brought together, forming a most unique key, thus saving worlds through it's incredible power. Enevah will appeal to all ages, as the characters range from young to old, with story lines relating to different age groups, as well as setting up linking storylines for the three books to come. Enevah is an emotional turmoil at times, with quite a few fight scenes and also filled with hilarious moments, as well as live or die dilemmas. This epic tale focuses on a 'supposedly' ordinary family from Earth and through a series of events, they are lured to the planet Enevah, to be prepared , trained and to serve on the ultimate mission!
Download or read book Hope Is a Weapon written by John Kelling and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year was 2010. PFC Charlie Martin was getting ready for the ride of his life. He was about to deploy along with some 4,000 other Iowa and Nebraska National Guard troops to the pit they call Afghanistan. How would he handle war? But his deployment wasn't just about him. Charlie's brother, Eddie, idolized his older sibling. So much so, he had joined the Guard a year after Charlie. And there was younger brother Dan. He was watching the whole thing way up too close and personal. Then came Mom and Dad. Hope and Rod Martin were part of the process, too. How would they navigate the coming year? Would the family be able to handle all of the stress and uncertainty? In order to find out, they needed to arm themselves with the perfect weapon. One that didn't use ammunition.
