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Mitrokhin Archive

Christopher Andrew

Explore one of the biggest intelligence coups in recent history with this extraordinary book. Co-authored by a renegade Soviet archivist and Christopher Andrew, this global exposé uncovers major KGB penetrations throughout the Western world. With tales of malevolent spymasters, intricate tradecraft, and cold-eyed betrayal, this book reads like a cold war novel. It's the most comprehensive addition to the subject ever published and offers the most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source.
Publish Date
1999-09-05T00:00:00.000Z
1999-09-05T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1985
Goodreads Rating
3.94
ISBN
9780141989488
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2022-03-06T18:51:21.000Z
Among the best histories of Russian espionage is Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev's "The Haunted Wood". Christopher Andrew's classic "The Sword and the Shield" is a history of the KGB. Scott Anderson's recent "The Quiet Americans" is good on early CIA. 4/      source