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Mitrokhin Archive II : The KGB and the World by Christopher Andrew (Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Books, The Limited

ISBN-100713993596

ISBN-139780713993592

eBay Product ID (ePID)63064546

Product Key Features

Book TitleMitrokhin Archive II : the Kgb and the World

Number of Pages672 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorChristopher Andrew

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.8 in

Item Weight42.3 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.5 in

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LCCN2006-346690

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"Ein wichtiger Sammelband zu einem zentralen Thema der Reformationsgeschichte, der die Ergebnisse der Fastnachtsforschung der letzten Jahre bndelt und zeigt, wie vielfltig die Anstze mittlerweile geworden sind."Schubert in: Archiv fr Reformationsgeschichte - Literaturbericht, Jahrgang 40/2011

Number of Volumes2 vols.

Dewey Decimal327.1247

SynopsisIn 1992, MI6 exfiltrated Vasili Mitrokhin, the most senior activist in the KGB, who had been responsible for running the KGB archives. He had noted thousands of documents, described by the FBI as the greatest single cache of intelligence ever received by the West.' This archive resulted in many prosecutions, some of which are still ongoing. of Modern History at Cambridge and the world's leading intelligence scholar. Their first volume, The KGB in Europe and the West, revealed the extent of KGB penetration of what they called The Main Adversary and the existence of a previously unknown nuclear spy, Melita Norwood. The second volume, The KGB and the World, continues the revelations from the sublime to the absurd - which Third World leaders were in the pay of the KGB, precisely how extensive KGB penetration of foreign governments was, and how KGB agents were instructed to assess the spread of the influence of rival Chinese communism (by going round African capitals trying to count the changing number of posters of Mao Tse-tung in shops and public buildings...)

LC Classification NumberJF1525