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The Soviet Biological Weapons Program: A History
Milton Leitenberg
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Description for The Soviet Biological Weapons Program: A History
Hardback. This is the first attempt to understand the broad scope of the USSR's offensive biological weapons research from its inception in the 1920s. Gorbachev tried to end the program, but the US and UK never obtained clear evidence he succeeded, raising the question whether the means for waging biological warfare could be revived in Russia in the future. Num Pages: 960 pages, 28 halftones, 6 line illustrations, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBW; JPS; JWMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1422.
Russian officials claim today that the USSR never possessed an offensive biological weapons program. In fact, the Soviet government spent billions of rubles and hard currency to fund a hugely expensive weapons program that added nothing to the country's security. This history is the first attempt to understand the broad scope of the USSR's offensive biological weapons research-its inception in the 1920s, its growth between 1970 and 1990, and its possible remnants in present-day Russia. We learn that the U.S. and U.K. governments never obtained clear evidence of the program's closure from 1990 to the present day, raising the critical ... Read more
Russian officials claim today that the USSR never possessed an offensive biological weapons program. In fact, the Soviet government spent billions of rubles and hard currency to fund a hugely expensive weapons program that added nothing to the country's security. This history is the first attempt to understand the broad scope of the USSR's offensive biological weapons research-its inception in the 1920s, its growth between 1970 and 1990, and its possible remnants in present-day Russia. We learn that the U.S. and U.K. governments never obtained clear evidence of the program's closure from 1990 to the present day, raising the critical ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
960
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
960
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674047709
SKU
V9780674047709
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About Milton Leitenberg
Milton Leitenberg is Senior Research Scholar at the University of Maryland. Raymond A. Zilinskas was Director of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program and Senior Scientist at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.
Reviews for The Soviet Biological Weapons Program: A History
Comprehensive...Leitenberg and Zilinskas drill deep into the institutional, scientific and personnel factors in the Soviet program...I have a feeling that students of the Cold War will be digging into it for a long time to come.
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