I have read this book in one sitting and found it to be significant. For the first time I have learnt about super-secret Department 12 of Russian and Soviet Intelligence, the tasks of which were biological espionage, preperations and realization of biological acts of terror, in the case of war or military conflict.
Information in this book is quite explosive, even though "Biological Espionage" is clearly not written as a scientific manual or a report for special services. Anyone can understand the main ideas of this book. The voice and emotions of the author are felt quite strongly throughout the whole book. Dr Kouzminov went through a personal transformation from (as he called himself) a "poacher" for Soviets to a person who has made a very important input for the good of world-peace. Clearly the main purpose for the author was to raise the awareness of biological espionage and acts of biological terror on a world-scale. Kouzminov writes about his thoughts for the measures and mechanisms on how we can control epxeriments with bio-hazard materials.
Of course, like any new controversial work, this book would have its' followers, those who want unity between man-kind in order to stop all wars; as well as enemy critics, who would rush to label Kouzminov as a suspicious and non-credible author and a "bad scientist". An example of the latter is the review of R. Zelinskas, (who was a determined searcher for bio-weapons in Iraq). He falsifies the facts of the book and illegally libels Kouzminov. In "Biological Espionage" Kouzminov hopes, believes and suggests, but the reviewer knows everything for sure, (in fact, Puschino is about 300 km away from Zagorsk in an opposite, further part of Moscow region; and a large body of respected scientists around the world currently insist on the possibility of the creation of a genetic weapon - the possibilities of today's biology are so vast, that anything should be taken into account).
The author of "Biological Espionage" calls for us to stop thinking as if we are still immersed in Cold War, as traditional thoughts usually presume that West is always "the good guys" and the East is the "suspicious and agrresive bad guys".
I'm not sure that Zelinskas, after the failure to find weapons in Iraq, has done anything to prevent the invasion and the massive blood-shed of innocent lives. On the contrary, books like "Biological Espionage" call for humanitarian unity - to fight for the peace of the current world and of the future generations.
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