K. G. B.: The Inside Story - Couverture rigide

Andrew, Christopher; Gordievsky, Oleg

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0340485612 ISBN 13 : 9780340485613

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1990

Synopsis

This history of the world's largest and most powerful intelligence service, the KGB, from its origin after the Russian revolution to the present day, analyzes its operations against subjects as diverse as the EEC, Margaret Thatcher, Solidarity and Libya. This study also provides an insight into Gorbachev's relations with the KGB and examines the disintegration of the Soviet bloc. Christopher Andrew has also written "Secret Service". Gordievsky was a KGB colonel who worked for British intelligence as a penetration agent in the KGB from 1974. He escaped to the West in 1985.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Christopher Andrew is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Cambridge University, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, former Visiting Professor of National Security at Harvard University, and guest lecturer at numerous American universities and the CIA. His writings, translated into many languages, have established him as one of the world's leading authorities in intelligence history. Professor Andrew is also a frequent host of BBC TV and radio programs on history and world affairs.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0340485612
• ISBN 13: 9780340485613
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 608
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible