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The Soviet biological weapons program

by Milton Leitenberg

Biological arms controlBiological weaponsBiological warfareHistoryArms controlSoviet union, politics and governmentSoviet union, historyWeapons of mass destruction

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.

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Book data: Open Library