KGB Today: The Hidden Hand

512 Pages·1983·73.455 MB·English

by  John Barron

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$19.95
In abold new expose unprecedented in its
scope and detailed documentation, an inter-
nationally renowned authority lays bare for
all to—see the most secret subject in the
world the clandestine Soviet apparatus
knownas the KGB. This importantnewwork
combines both scholarship and grippingnar-
rative which will absorb readers from startto
finish.
To those fascinated by mystery and in-
trigue, the exhaustively researched book of-
fers vivid portraits and riveting stories of
KGB officers and agents in action. To all
who seekbetterunderstandingofcontempo-
rary Soviet behavior, the book provides a
wealth of original data that will make it an
essential reference work for years to come.
In his research, authorJohn Barron gained
exclusive access to some ofthe most impor-
tant KGB officers and spies ever to flee Rus-
siaorbecaughtin theWest. Through intimate
firsthand accounts elicited from them and in-
dependently corroborated, the author takes
readers inside forbidden KGB redoubts,
both in Moscow and abroad. There we see
just how the KGB daily goes about looting
other nations oftheir most valuable technol-
ogy and guarded secrets, how it continuous-
lytries to manipulate the public opinion and
policies of other societies so that they will
undermine themselves.
The inner workings along with the ruses
and subterfuges employedbythe KGB today
are revealed through the actual experiences
ofmajor characters. A gifted young Russian
advances through espionage school and
headquarters in Moscow to the KGB outpost
in Tokyo. Here, using the same methods the
Soviets employ in Washington, London, Par-
is and all other capitals, he suborns journal-
ists and politicians, manipulates the press
and penetrates Japanese intelligence. The
author names names, including prominent
Japanese who are KGB agents.
An intrepid, idealistic Marxist is groomed
for 20 years and infiltrated into America to
take over the Soviet underground in the
United States. The officer gives his wife and
ultimately his genius son to the KGB with
the expectation that he will ascend to the
highest levels of the U.S. government. An
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