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Biowarrior - Inside the Soviet/ Russian Biological War Machine (Hardcover, New)
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Biowarrior - Inside the Soviet/ Russian Biological War Machine (Hardcover, New)
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This extraordinary memoir by a leading Russian scientist who worked
for decades at the nerve center of the top-secret "Biopreparat"
offers a chilling look into the biological weapons program of the
former Soviet Union, vestiges of which still exist today in the
Russian Federal Republic. Igor Domaradskij calls himself an
"inconvenient man": a dedicated scientist but a nonconformist who
was often in conflict with government and military apparatchiks. In
this book he reveals the deadly nature of the research he
participated in for almost fifteen years. From 1950 till 1973,
Domaradskij played an increasingly important role as a specialist
in the area of epidemic bacterial infections. He was largely
responsible for an effective system of plague control within the
former USSR, which prevented mass outbreaks of rodent-born
diseases. But after twenty-three years of making significant
scientific contributions, his work was suddenly redirected. Under
pressure from the Soviet military he helped design, create, and
administer Biopreparat, the goal of which was to develop new types
of biological weapons. From the inception of this highly secret
venture Domaradskij openly expressed his skepticism and criticized
it as a risky gamble and a serious error by the government.
Eventually his critical attitude forced him out of the communist
part, and finally cost him the opportunity of continuing his
scientific work. Domaradskij goes into great detail about the
secrecy, intrigue, and the bureaucratic maze that enveloped the
Biopreparat scientists, making them feel like helpless pawns. What
stands out in his account is the hasty, patchwork nature of the
Soviet effort in bioweaponry. Far from being asmooth-running,
terrifying monolith, this was an enterprise cobbled together out of
the conflicts and contretemps of squabbling party bureaucrats,
military know-nothings, and restless, ambitious scientists. In some
ways the inefficiency and lack of accountability in this system
make it all the more frightening as a worldwide threat. For today
its dimensions are still not fully known, nor is it certain that
any one group is completely in control of the proliferation of this
lethal weaponry. "Biowarrior is disturbing but necessary reading
for anyone wishing to understand the nature and dimensions of the
biological threat in an era of international terrorism.
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