化学战

**化学战**（，CW）是利用化学物质的毒性作为武器。这种战争不同于核战争、生物战争和，它们共同构成了，即化学、生物、放射性和核武器（战争或武器）的军事缩写，所有这些都被视为“大规模杀伤性武器”（WMD），这一术语与常規武器形成对比。

根据国际人道主义法，1925年《日内瓦议定书》以及1899年和1907年《海牙公约》禁止在国际武装冲突中使用化学武器。1993年《化学武器公约》禁止签署国在任何情况下获取、储存、开发和使用化学武器，除非出于非常有限的目的（研究、医疗、制药或防护）。

## 来源

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## 延伸阅读
* Leo P. Brophy and George J. B. Fisher; *The Chemical Warfare Service: Organizing for War* Office of the Chief of Military History, 1959; L. P. Brophy, W. D. Miles and C. C. Cochrane, *The Chemical Warfare Service: From Laboratory to Field* (1959); and B. E. Kleber and D. Birdsell, *The Chemical Warfare Service in Combat* (1966). official US history;
* Glenn Cross, *Dirty War: Rhodesia and Chemical Biological Warfare, 1975–1980*, Helion & Company, 2017
* Gordon M. Burck and Charles C. Flowerree; *International Handbook on Chemical Weapons Proliferation* 1991
* L. F. Haber. *The Poisonous Cloud: Chemical Warfare in the First World War* Oxford University Press: 1986
* James W. Hammond Jr; *Poison Gas: The Myths Versus Reality* Greenwood Press, 1999
* Jiri Janata, Role of Analytical Chemistry in Defense Strategies Against Chemical and Biological Attack, *Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry,* 2009
* Ishmael Jones, *The Human Factor: Inside the CIA's Dysfunctional Intelligence Culture*, Encounter Books, New York 2008, revised 2010, . WMD espionage.
* Benoit Morel and Kyle Olson; *Shadows and Substance: The Chemical Weapons Convention* Westview Press, 1993
* Adrienne Mayor, "Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World" Overlook-Duckworth, 2003, rev ed with new Introduction 2008
* Geoff Plunkett, *[http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Chemical-Warfare-Australia-Geoff-Plunkett/9780987427908 Chemical Warfare in Australia: Australia's Involvement In Chemical Warfare 1914 – Today, (2nd Edition), 2013.]*. Leech Cup Books. A volume in the Army Military History Series published in association with the Army History Unit.
* Jonathan B. Tucker. *Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda* (2006)

## 外部链接

* 官方网站禁止化学武器组织（OPCW）
* Rule 74. The use of chemical weapons is prohibited. – section on chemical weapons from *Customary IHL Database*, an "updated version of the Study on customary international humanitarian law conducted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and originally published by Cambridge University Press."
* Chemical Warfare information page , from the Disaster Information Management Research Center of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  including links to relevant sources in the U.S. National Library of Medicine