{"product_id":"9783030828844","title":"The Soviet Union’s Invisible Weapons of Mass Destruction: Biopreparat's Covert Biological Warfare Programme","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Soviet Union’s Invisible Weapons of Mass Destruction: Biopreparat's Covert Biological Warfare Programme\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eRimmington, Anthony\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book focuses on \u003ci\u003eBiopreparat\u003c\/i\u003e, the Soviet agency created in 1974, which spearheaded the largest and most sophisticated biological warfare programme the world has ever seen. At its height, \u003ci\u003eBiopreparat\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u0026amp;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, \u003ci\u003eBiopreparat\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eBiopreparat\u003c\/i\u003e’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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2022-10-14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030828844\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-82882-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 269\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49481141878924,"sku":"9783030828844","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030828844.jpg?v=1778003504","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030828844","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}