| Description |
xvii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
KGB chief Sergei A. Kondrashev presents "tales of surviving Stalin's purges while superiors and colleagues did not, of plotting to reveal the Berlin Tunnel, of quelling the Hungarian Revolution and 'Prague Spring' independence movements, and of assisting in arranging the final disposition of the corpses of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. [He] also details KGB propaganda and disinformation efforts that shaped Western attitudes throughout the Cold War"--Dust jacket flap. |
| Contents |
Breaking American ciphers -- and starting a war -- Two views of culture -- Target: the American Embassy -- Inside a deadly purge -- Into foreign intelligence -- and England -- A mole and a tunnel -- "Why do you need all those people here?" -- A unique look at the Hungarian revolution -- Spy center Vienna -- The KGB's Nazi underground -- Richard Sorge redux -- Organizing to disinform -- Active measures -- "How could CIA ever have believed in that man?" -- The top hat paradox -- Prague Spring at the Politburo -- Other places -- The irony of Helsinki -- Watching it end -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Kondrashev, Sergei A.
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Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1945-1991.
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Spies -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Espionage, Soviet.
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| ISBN |
9781626360655 |
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1626360650 |
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