| Description |
272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
Traces Marxism's century-long fascination with bioweapons. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 Pavlova's Candle in the Wind p. 1 -- Chapter 2 Impresario and the Swan p. 11 -- Chapter 3 Last Ball and the Day of the Soviets p. 19 -- Chapter 4 Their Greatest Days: 1910-1920 p. 27 -- Chapter 5 Années Folles, "The Crazy Years" p. 35 -- Chapter 6 Devil p. 41 -- Chapter 7 Stalin's "Special" Weapons Are Born p. 47 -- Chapter 8 Strange Deaths at Home and Abroad p. 55 -- Chapter 9 Stalin, Music, and Ballet p. 65 -- Chapter 10 Into the Storm p. 73 -- Chapter 11 Death of the Ballet Russes p. 77 -- Chapter 12 Swan Song p. 83 -- Chapter 13 Stalin's Legacy p. 95 -- Chapter 14 Murder of a Saint p. 103 -- Chapter 15 Missing Man, Prisoner Number Seven-1947 p. 109 -- Chapter 16 Poet-"A Former Person" p. 113 -- Chapter 17 Poison Makers, Stalin's Himmler, and Yasha's Gang p. 117 -- Chapter 18 Stalin's Last Day p. 129 -- Chapter 19 Stalin's Shadows p. 139 -- Chapter 20 North Korea's Poison Labs p. 153 -- Chapter 21 Big Daddy Xi and the Wuhan Virus p. 155 -- Chapter 22 Last Dance p. 193. |
| Subject |
Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931 -- Death and burial.
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Biological weapons -- Communist countries -- History.
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| Added Author |
Wynne, Sarah.
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| Added Title |
Dancer & the devil |
| ISBN |
9781684512546 |
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1684512549 |
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