Displaying 1 of 1 1999 Format: Book Author: Andrew, Christopher M., author. Title: The sword and the shield : the Mitrokhin archive and the secret history of the KGB / Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin. Publisher, Date: New York : Basic Books, [1999] Description: 700 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm Summary: Describes a treasure trove of secret documents found by the FBI, and offers facts about every country in the world, as well as information that contributes to the history of the last century. Subjects: Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti -- History. Intelligence service -- Soviet Union -- History. Secret service -- Soviet Union -- History. Soviet Union -- Foreign relations. Other Author: Mitrokhin, Vasili, 1922-2004, author. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: The Mitrokhin archive -- From Lenin's Cheka to Stalin's OGPU -- The great illegals -- The magnificent five -- Terror -- The grand alliance -- Victory -- From war to Cold War -- The main adversary : part 1. North American illegals in the 1950's -- The main adversary : part 2. Walk-ins and legal residencies in the early Cold War -- The main adversary : part 3. Illegals after "Abel" -- The main adversary : part 4. Walk-ins and legal residencies in the later Cold War -- Political warfare : active measures and the main adversary -- PROGRESS operations : part 1. crushing the Prague Spring -- PROGRESS operations : part 2 : spying on the Soviet Bloc -- The KGB and Western Communist parties -- Eurocommunism -- Ideological subversion : part 1 : the war against the dissidents -- Ideological subversion : part 2 : the victory of the dissidents -- Special tasks : part 1 : from Marshal Tito to Rudolf Nureyev -- Special tasks : part 2 : the Andropov era and beyond -- Cold War operations against Britain : part 1 : after the "Magnificent five" -- France and Italy during the Cold War : agent penetration and active measures -- The penetration and persecution of the Soviet churches -- The Polish Pope and the rise of solidarity -- The Polish crisis and the crumbling of the Soviet Bloc -- Conclusion : from the one-party state to the Yeltsin presidency. Web Site: Publisher description LCCN: 99462685 ISBN: 0465003109 9780465003105 9780465003129 0465003125 Other Number: 42368608 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 72729 # Local items in: 0 # System items in: 0 Call Number: 327.1247 Andrew Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
