Pinochet’s poisons: examining Chile’s historical interest in chemical and biological weapons

IF 0.8 3区社会学 Q1 HISTORY

Intelligence and National Security Pub Date : 2023-09-30 DOI:10.1080/02684527.2023.2258693

Karl Dewey

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Abstract

Under military rule (1973–1990), Chile embarked upon several top-secret chemical and biological weapons (CBW) programmes. ‘Project ANDREA’ and the development of sarin is the best known, although other programmes have also been reported. However, these programmes remain poorly understood – particularly in English language sources. To resolve this, this paper draws upon local-language reporting, Cold War histories and other sources to provide insight into the histories, key personalities, and evolution of Chile’s historical CBW programmes. This paper contributes to wider literature on Chile’s dictatorship, but also literature on CBW-proliferation, which remains confined to a relatively small set of case studies.

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皮诺切特的毒药:考察智利对化学和生物武器的历史兴趣

在军事统治时期(1973-1990)，智利开始了几项绝密的生化武器(CBW)计划。“安德里亚项目”和沙林的开发是最著名的，尽管也有其他项目的报道。然而，人们对这些节目的理解仍然很少，尤其是在英语资源方面。为了解决这个问题，本文借鉴了当地语言的报道、冷战历史和其他来源，以深入了解智利历史上的生化武器计划的历史、关键人物和演变。这篇论文对智利独裁统治的广泛文献有所贡献，但对生化武器扩散的文献也有所贡献，这仍然局限于相对较少的案例研究。

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