In Stalin's Secret Service - Couverture rigide

Krivitsky, W.G.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1929631030 ISBN 13 : 9781929631032

Editeur : Enigma Books, 2001

Synopsis

In Stalin's Secret Service first appeared as a series of articles in The Saturday Evening Post in the spring and summer of 1939, and from the outset it was a controversial and momentous literary event, which revealed the inner workings of Stalin's police methods and secret policies. Many OGPU operations are described here for the first time by someone who was a key participant and in many cases an organizer.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Krivitsky's first-hand account as the top Soviet espionage officer in western Europe and his ultimate defection is a fundamental document of the crisis preceding the Second World War. First appearing as a series of articles in The Saturday Evening Post in the spring and summer of 1939, it revealed the horrors of Stalin's Great Terror to a disbelieving world as the dictator purged the ranks of the Soviet hierarchy. Recent studies, based on documents previously buried in Soviet archives, have unveiled only part of the process that led up to the Terror and the purges. New interpretations have emerged largely confirming what Krivitsky had revealed for the first time in 1939. Krivitsky excelled at foreign military espionage, running a network of agents in almost every country on the continent. He had the advantage of knowing western Europe particularly well. His eyewitness account of the beginnings of Stalin's great purge, which he saw from the inside of the Soviet military's intelligence service, dramatically conveys the immediacy of the terror engulfing millions of Soviet citizens. Krivitsky's story of his experiences and early description of the grim reality of Stalin's methods is a classic of history and espionage, and is an ominous reminder about the inner workings of ruthless tyranny.

Présentation de l'éditeur

First published in 1939, this memoir sealed the fate of its author. After a dramatic flight from Europe, Walter G. Krivitsky reached the United States, but he was found shot dead in The Bellevue hotel in Washington, D.C. in 1940, with three suicide notes by his bed. But did he destroy himself, or was it a Soviet intelligence execution? His death remains a mystery to this day but his story is very much alive.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Enigma Books
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1929631030
• ISBN 13: 9781929631032
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 306
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible