The Mitrokhin Archive by Christopher Andrew

The Mitrokhin Archive by Christopher Andrew

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Tells the story of Soviet attempts to infiltrate the West. This work creates a picture of a USSR committed to covert activity at home and abroad to maintain Communism. From technological espionage to the cultivation of agents of influence, the KGB's methods ranged from financial inducements through sexual blackmail to assassination.

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The Mitrokhin Archive by Christopher Andrew

Tells the story of Soviet attempts to infiltrate the West. This work creates a picture of a USSR committed to covert activity at home and abroad to maintain Communism. From technological espionage to the cultivation of agents of influence, the KGB's methods ranged from financial inducements through sexual blackmail to assassination.
Christopher Andrew is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History and Chair of the Faculty of History at Cambridge University. His authorised history of MI5 will be published by Penguin in 2009. Vasili Mitrokhin was a former senior officer of the Soviet Foreign Intelligence service whose career spanned the period between 1948 and 1984. He defected to the United Kingdom in 1992 and died in 2004.
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ISBN 13 9780140284874
ISBN 10 0140284877
Title The Mitrokhin Archive
Author Christopher Andrew
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2000-07-27
Number of pages 1040
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