deriabin peter bagley (18 résultats)

Etat : Good. Boards are clean. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some tears.

Etat : Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Etat : Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Etat : Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.8.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.8.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.8.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good.

Etat : Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:9780860516651.

Hardcover. Etat : very good. Etat de la jaquette : very good. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm,xxiv, 466, [4] pages, footnotes, charts, notes, bibliography, index, pencil erasure residue on front endpaper. Peter Deriabin (1921-1992) was a Russian Communist Party member, World War II veteran, SMERSH agent, and KGB agent who later defected to the United States. He started working for the Central Intelligence Agency, went to graduate school, and wrote several books on the KGB. He died in 1992 at age 71. He was a member of the Communist Party. He went to Biysk Teachers College as well as the Institute for Marxism-Leninism. In World War II he was wounded four times and reassigned to the Soviet Navy's SMERSH (military counterintelligence group). He was later an investigator in State Security. He eventually moved up to the KGB headquarters. In 1953 he was stationed in Vienna, Austria as Chief of Soviet Counterintelligence as well as Communist Party boss for the entire Austro-German section. In 1954 he defected to the United States. In retaliation, the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR gave him a death sentence. He testified before the Senate and the HUAC in 1959, and co-wrote a book about his time in the KGB. He also went to graduate school at the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia. He also joined the CIA. Deriabin retired from the CIA in 1981. Focuses on the dominant role of the KGB within the Soviet Union.The KGB, an initialism for Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti, translated in English as Committee for State Security), was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until its break-up in 1991. Formed in 1954, as a direct successor of such preceding agencies as the Cheka, NKGB, and MGB, the committee was attached to the Council of Ministers. It was the chief government agency of "union-republican jurisdiction", acting as internal security, intelligence, and secret police. Similar agencies were constituted in each of the republics of the Soviet Union aside from Russia and consisted of many ministries, state committees, and state commissions.The KGB was a military service and was governed by army laws and regulations, similar to the Soviet Army or MVD Internal Troops. While most of the KGB archives remain classified, two online documentary sources are available. Its main functions were foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, operative-investigatory activities, guarding the State Border of the USSR, guarding the leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the Soviet Government, organization and ensuring of government communications as well as combating nationalism, dissent, and anti-Soviet activities.After the dissolution of the USSR, the KGB was split into the Federal Security Service and the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. First edition, hardcover. Quarter bound in black cloth with gilt titles, over purple paper-covered boards. xxiv, 466 pages. Acknowledgments, notes about terms and abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index. Very good with head of spine very lightly bumped, in a good dust jacket with edgewear at spine and corners, crease along top edge of rear panel, rubbing to rear fold, and 1/2" tear to top edge of front panel. Mylar cover on jacket. "This book, uniquely written from an insider's viewpoint, focuses on its dominant role within the soviet system. In the most comprehensive and authoritative survey of the activities of the KGB to date, the authors look back to its founding in 1917, and also put current events in perspective. Most importantly, they provide sound guidelines by which Western observers cand distinguish fundamental from superficial change.".

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. (xxiv) 466 pages, notes, bibliography, organizational chart, index, 8vo, magenta boards/black cloth. Near fine; dust jacket very good, edgewear. Serving the antiquarian and used book world sicne 1980.

Hardcover. Etat : New.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Very slight discoloration to pages, slight wear to DJ edges, slight rubbing wear to DJ back cover. THIS IS A HEAVY ITEM. ALL ORDERS MIGHT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES.

Cloth and Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv+466 pages including notes, bibliography and index.

hardcover. Etat : New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Etat : new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks.

Etat : Fine. The book is in fine condition.