The sword and the shield : the Mitrokhin archive and the secret history of the KGB / Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin.

Author/creator Andrew, Christopher M.
Other author Mitrokhin, Vasili, 1922-2004.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Basic Books, ©1999.
Description700 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Mitrokhin, Vasili.
Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti--History.
Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti--History. --Sources.
Intelligence service--Soviet Union. --History.
Secret service--Soviet Union. --History.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations.
Soviet Union--Politics and government. --1945-1991.

Contents 1. The Mitrokhin archive -- 2. From Lenin's Cheka to Stalin's OGPU -- 3. The great illegals -- 4. The magnificent five -- 5. Terror -- 6. War -- 7. The grand alliance -- 8. Victory -- 9. From war to Cold War -- 10. The main adversary : part 1. North American illegals in the 1950's -- 11. The main adversary : part 2. Walk-ins and legal residencies in the early Cold War -- 12. The main adversary : part 3. Illegals after "Abel" -- 13. The main adversary : part 4. Walk-ins and legal residencies in the later Cold War -- 14. Political warfare : active measures and the main adversary -- 15. PROGRESS operations : part 1. crushing the Prague Spring -- 16. PROGRESS operations : part 2 : spying on the Soviet Bloc -- 17. The KGB and Western Communist parties -- 18. Eurocommunism -- 19. Ideological subversion : part 1 : the war against the dissidents -- 20. Ideological subversion : part 2 : the victory of the dissidents -- 21. SIGINT in the Cold War -- 22. Special tasks : part 1 : from Marshal Tito to Rudolf Nureyev -- 23. Special tasks : part 2 : the Andropov era and beyond -- 24. Cold War operations against Britain : part 1 : after the "Magnificent five" -- 25. Cold War operations against Britain : part 2 : after Operation FOOT -- 26. The Federal Republic of Germany -- 27. France and Italy during the Cold War : agent penetration and active measures -- 28. The penetration and persecution of the Soviet churches -- 29. The Polish Pope and the rise of solidarity -- 30. The Polish crisis and the crumbling of the Soviet Bloc -- 31. Conclusion : from the one-party state to the Yeltsin presidency.
Local noteLittle-328759--305131038374
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 99462685
ISBN0465003109

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Joyner General Stacks UB251.S65 A63 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold