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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > war, peace and terrorism > war and society > war and health > chemical warfare
social science subjects > politics and international relations > international relations > war > chemical warfare
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social science subjects > sociology > social problems > war > chemical warfare
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chemical warfare  

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  • Chemical warfare is war that uses asphyxiating, poisonous, corrosive, incendiary, or otherwise debilitating gasses or liquids as weapons. Despite the limited use of such weapons in U.S. history, chemical warfare has been the subject of ongoing controversy in the United States throughout the 20th century. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Chemical Warfare]

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