The Sword And The Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive And The Secret History Of The KGB

753 Pages·1999·16 MB·English

by  Christopher Andrew

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BY CHRISTOPHER ANDREW
THEOPHILED ELCASSE AND THE MAKING OF THE ENTENTEC ORDIALE
THE FIRST WORLD WAR: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES
(VOLUME 19 OF THE HAMLYN HISTORY OF THE WORLD)
FRANCEO VERSEAS: THEG REAT WAR AND THE CLIMAX OF FRENCHI MPERIAL
EXPANSION( WITHA .S.K ANYA-FORSTNER)
THE MISSING DIMENSION: GOVERNMENTS AND INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITIES IN
THE TWENTIETHC ENTURY( WITHD AVIDD ILKS)
HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE: THE MAKING OF THE
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
CODEBREAKING AND SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE
INTELLIGENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, 1900-1 945
(WITH JEREMY NOAKES}
KGB: THE INSIDE STORY OF ITS FOREIGN OPERATIONS FROM LENIN TO GORBACHEV
(WITH OLEG GORDIEVSKY)
INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE CENTRE: TOP SECRET FILES ON
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MORE 'INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE CENTRE': TOP SECRETF ILES ON KGB
GLOBAL OPERATIONS, 1975-1 985
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FORT HEP RESIDENT'SE YES ONLY: SECRET INTELLIGENCE AND THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENCY FROM WASHINGTON TO BUSH
ETERNAL VIGILANCE?
FIFTY YEARS OF THE CIA
[WITH RHODRI JEFFREYS-JONES)
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations andAcronyms xi
The Evolutiono f the KGB, r917-rpy xv
The Transliteration of Russian Names xvii
Foreword xix
Introduction to the Paperback Edition xxi
1 TheM itrokhin Archive 1
2 FromL enin’sC hekat o Stalin’s OGPU 23
3 TheG reat Illegals 42
4 TheM agnificentF ive 56
5 Terror 68
6 War 89
7 TheG rand Alliance 1 04
8 Victory 122
9 From War to Cold War 137
1 o The Main Adversary
Part r: North AmericanI llegals in ther 950 j. 1 62
1 1 The Main Adversary
Part 2: Walk-ins and LegaRl esidencies in the Early Cold War 176
12 The MainA dversary
Fart3: Illegals aftey Xbel” 1 90
1 3 The Main Adversary
Part 4: Walk-ins and LegaRl esidencies in the Later Cold War 203
14 Political Warfare: Active Measures and the Main Adversary 2 24
15 PROGRESSO perations
Part I: Crushing the Prague Spring 247
16 PROGRESS Operations
Part 2: Spying on the SovietB loc 262