Alibek provides mountains of facts as well as insights into the byzantine intrigues and power struggles within the soviet system. He graduated in 1975 from the military faculty of the tomsk medical institute, where he majored in. The chilling true story of the largest covert biological weapons program in the worldtold from the inside by the man who ran it kindle edition by alibek, ken, handelman, stephen. He graduated in 1975 from the military faculty of the tomsk medical institute.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Biohazard by ken alibek by crystal zheng when i first started reading biohazard, i thought i had picked up a scifi novel and almost forgot that i was reading nonfiction. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Buy a discounted paperback of biohazard online from australias leading online bookstore. To read this ebook on a mobile device phone or tablet youll need to install one of these free apps.
Colonel kanatjan alibekov known as ken alibek since 1992 is a former soviet physician, microbiologist and biological warfare bw expert. Robin cook as the top scientist in the soviet unions biowarfare program and the inventor of the worlds most powerful anthrax, dr ken alibek has stunned the highest levels of the u. Ken alibek found that out in a visceral way one sunday evening in 1983 when a phone call to his home informed him that the tularemia plant he directed had a problem. It was the deadliest and darkest secret of the cold war. Alibek carried with him the knowledge that russia had been secretly testing biological weapons from the 70s through the 90s, well after treaties had been signed prohibiting just that, and in biohazard he tells of his firsthand experiences building his countrys armory of hazardous germs. Biohazard by ken alibek is a very interesting read for everyone who is interested in the field of biology and wants to know more about bioweapons. An important and fascinating look into a terrifying world of which we were blissfully unaware.
Ever since i played resident evil when i was little i have always had a fascination with biological weaponry. The subtitle for biohazard, the chilling true story of the largest covert biological weapons program in the worldtold from the inside by the man who ran it, is a very good summary of the books contents. Writing as ken alibek in the united states, he authored biohazard, a history of the soviet bioweapons program particularly, but not exclusively, biopreparat. Log in or sign up for facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. The chilling true story of the largest covert biological weapons program in the worldtold from the inside by the man who ran it. Biohazard ebook ken alibek descargar libro pdf o epub.
Ken alibek author ken alibek was born in kauchuk, kazakhstan, in 1950. Biohazard takes you behind the scenes of the soviet unions clandestine bioweapons program. Now, in a calm, compelling, utterly convincing voice, he tells the world what he knows. Ken alibek, a former army colonel, and deputy director of biopreparat, an important part of the soviet biological warfare complex, defected to the united states in 1992. Biohazard ebook by ken alibek 9780804152655 rakuten kobo. Ken alibek began his career as a doctor wanting to save lives and ended up running the soviet biological weapons programa secret military empire masquerading as a pharmaceutical company. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading biohazard.
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Biohazard walks the line between popular science and terrifying cold war politics. As the top scientist in the soviet unions biowarfare program and the inventor of the worlds most powerful anthrax, dr ken alibek has stunned the highest levels of the u. Biohazard is a first class book about biological warfare, whether read as a thriller or as a revelation. Biohazard is an eyeopening autobiography of ken alibek, aka kanatzhan kanat alibekov, a leading bio weapons developer and soviet officer of kazakh ancestry who was determined to expose the former soviet unions extensive covert biological weapons program in the 1990s. Biohazard is the neverbeforetold story of russias darkest. Modern biology is producing weapons that in killing power may exceed the hydrogen bomb. As i finished the book, i recalled rudyard kiplings 1898 poem, the truce of the bear. Ken alibek describes them with the intimate knowledge of a top weaponeer. The chilling true story of the largest covert biological weapons program in the world told from the inside by the man who ran it by ken alibek, mr. Robin cook, author of contagion as the top scientist in the soviet biowarfare program and the inventor of the worlds most powerful anthrax, ken alibek has stunned the highest levels of the u.
Publication date 1999 topics biological weapons soviet union publisher random house collection. I read this during my search for useful quotes for my phd thesis which is not. What you are about to read has never before been made public. Ken alibek is currently considered a single author. The chilling true story of the largest covert biological weapons program in the worldtold from inside by the man who ran it. The chilling true story of the largest covert biological weapons program in the world told from the inside by the man who ran it by ken alibek and. Read biohazard the chilling true story of the largest covert biological weapons program in the worldtold from the inside by the man who ran it by ken alibek available from rakuten kobo.
Alibek, stephen handelman discussion in the book rack started by targettarget, may 8, 2008. If you liked biohazard you should try the hot zone or the demon in the freezer by richard preston, dr. The chilling true story of the largest covert biological weapons program in the worldtold from inside by the man who ran it alibek, ken, handelman, stephen on. He graduated in 1975 from the military faculty of the tomsk medical institute, where he majored in infectious diseases and epidemiology. He rose rapidly in the ranks of the red army to become the first deputy director of biopreparat where he oversaw a vast program of bw facilities.
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