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State secrets : an insider's chronicle of the Russian chemical weapons program / Vil S. Mirzayanov.

Title: State secrets : an insider's chronicle of the Russian chemical weapons program / Vil S. Mirzayanov.
Author: Mirzayanov, Vil S.
Publication: Denver, Colorado : Outskirts Press, Inc., c2009.

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Description

xv, 604 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

This book takes readers behind the scenes and into the ominous halls of GOSNIIOKhT, the Soviet Union's and later, Russia's most advanced chemical weapons laboratory. It provides fresh insights into the personalities, political machinations and intrigue surrounding the country's military chemical complex. --from publisher description

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Who am I? -- My background -- My student days -- I become a person from "The Box" -- My chemical career -- Into supersecrecy -- GOSNIIOKhT's tangled bureaucracy -- Science and scientists in GOSNIIOKhT -- Fight without end and Evgeny Bogomazov's "discovery" -- Safety while working with chemical agents : is it possible? -- Struggling with spies -- The torment of insight -- I'm quitting the party -- I break the silence -- Challenging the poisoned policies -- The crash of the KGB's plans -- Captain Shkarin fabricates the case -- I am not alone -- Boycott of the investigation -- Revenge of the Communists -- The KGB prepares for a closed trial -- Trial and prison -- The acquittal.

ISBN

9781432725662
1432725661

LCCN

^^2008927116

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Harvard Library