{"product_id":"the-soviet-unions-invisible-weapons-anthony-rimmington-9783030828844","title":"The Soviet Union's Invisible Weapons of Mass Destruction: Biopreparat's Covert Biological Warfare Programme","description":"This 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Rimmington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030828840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030828844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.60d","brand":"Anthony Rimmington","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080407478527,"sku":"9783030828844","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_731f3225-ae21-4c8f-9c1d-1cea608e6afe.jpg?v=1685486614","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-soviet-unions-invisible-weapons-anthony-rimmington-9783030828844","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}