Download or read book Preventing the Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction written by Eric Herring and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These studies concentrate on preventing the use of weapons of mass destruction. A common argument runs through all of the papers: that, while complacency must be avoided, much of the post-Cold War focus among Western governments on the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction is alarmist.