The Soviet Union's Invisible Weapons of Mass Destruction - by Anthony Rimmington (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This book focuses on <i>Biopreparat</i>, the Soviet agency created in 1974, which spearheaded the largest and most sophisticated biological warfare programme the world has ever seen. At its height, <i>Biopreparat</i> employed more than 30,000 personnel and incorporated an enormous network embracing military-focused research institutes, design centres, biowarfare pilot facilities and dual-use production plants. The secret network pursued major offensive R&D programmes, which sought to use genetic engineering techniques to create microbial strains resistant to antibiotics and with wholly new and unexpected pathogenic properties. During the mid-1980s, <i>Biopreparat</i> increased in size and political importance and also emerged as a major civil biopharmaceutical player in the USSR. In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, an acute struggle for control of <i>Biopreparat</i>'s most valuable assets took place and the network was eventually broken-up and control of its facilities transferred to a myriad of state agencies and private companies.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>This book focuses on <i>Biopreparat</i>, the Soviet agency created in 1974, which spearheaded the largest and most sophisticated biological warfare programme the world has ever seen. At its height, <i>Biopreparat</i> employed more than 30,000 personnel and incorporated an enormous network embracing military-focused research institutes, design centres, biowarfare pilot facilities and dual-use production plants. The secret network pursued major offensive R&D programmes, which sought to use genetic engineering techniques to create microbial strains resistant to antibiotics and with wholly new and unexpected pathogenic properties. During the mid-1980s, <i>Biopreparat</i> increased in size and political importance and also emerged as a major civil biopharmaceutical player in the USSR. In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, an acute struggle for control of <i>Biopreparat</i>'s most valuable assets took place and the network was eventually broken-up and control of its facilities transferred to a myriad of state agencies and private companies.<br><b>Anthony Rimmington</b> is a former Senior Research Fellow at Birmingham University's Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, UK. He has published widely on the civil life sciences sector in the post-Soviet states and on the USSR's offensive biological warfare programme, including <i>The Soviet Union's Agricultural Biowarfare Programme: Ploughshares to Swords</i><i> </i>(Palgrave, 2021).<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Anthony Rimmington</b> is a former Senior Research Fellow at Birmingham University's Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, UK. He has published widely on the civil life sciences sector in the post-Soviet states and on the USSR's offensive biological warfare programme, including <i>The Soviet Union's Agricultural Biowarfare Programme: Ploughshares to Swords</i><i> </i>(Palgrave, 2021).
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