Stalin's secret weapon : the origins of Soviet biological warfare / Anthony Rimmington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rimmington, Anthony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biological warfare--Soviet Union.

Biological warfare.

Military research--Soviet Union.

Military research.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

xiv, 262 pages : illustrations, plates ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

A chilling reassessment of the Soviet Union's advances in biological warfare, and the West's inadvertent contributions.

Contents:

List of Illustrations

About the Author

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Origins: The Launch of the Moscow Strand of the Red Army's Offensive Biological Warfare Programme

2. The Creation of a BW Prison Laboratory: The Bacteriological Convent

3. From Defence to Offence: The Development of the Red Army's Biological Warfare Facilities at Vlasikha

4. The Soviet Union's Secret of Secrets: The Creation of BW Facilities on the Island of Gorodomyla

5. The Rise and Fall of a Working-Class Hero: Ivan Mikhailovich Velikanov, Lead Scientist of the Soviet Union's Offensive BW Programme

6. From Shikhany to Vozrozhdenie Island: The Selection of Open-Air Proving Grounds for the Soviet Offensive BW Programme

7. The Soviet Union's Enigma BW Programme: Military Biological Research in Leningrad

8. From Flanders to Glanders: Soviet Military-Veterinary BW Programmes

9. On the Brink of Bacteriological War: Stalin's BW Programme and the Second World War

10. Stalin's BW Archipelago: Mapping-Out a New Post-War BW Network

11. From Swords to Ploughshares: The Scientific and Industrial Achievements of Stalin's BW Archipelago

12. Yesterday Today: Stalin's Legacy and Russia's Current Military Biological Network

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780190928858

0190928859

OCLC:

1066344231