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The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB

Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin

What did the KGB's foreign spies really do for decades, according to the secret notes of the officer who copied its files?

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Author
Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin

Why read it

  • You will see how intelligence services run spies who live abroad disguised as ordinary citizens
  • You will learn why the work of codebreakers and spies is easy to overlook in histories of the century
  • You will be able to read Cold War events with the secret services in mind, not only presidents and armies

Who it is for

  • A Cold War buff who wants the secret side of the story
  • A security professional curious about tradecraft
  • A reader of espionage nonfiction

Contents

  1. Chapter 1
  2. Chapter 2
  3. Chapter 3
  4. Chapter 4
  5. Chapter 5
  6. Chapter 6
  7. Chapter 7
  8. Chapter 8
  9. Chapter 9
  10. Chapter 10
  11. Chapter 11
  12. Chapter 12
  13. Chapter 13
  14. Chapter 14
  15. Chapter 15
  16. Chapter 16
  17. Chapter 17
  18. Chapter 18
  19. Chapter 19
  20. APPENDIX
  21. THE INTERROGATION OF YURI ORLOV ON DECEMBER 29, 1977
  22. Chapter 21
  23. APPENDIX 1
  24. INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISARMING THE MOLNIYA [“LIGHTNING”) EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
  25. APPENDIX 2
  26. EXAMPLE OF BOOBY-TRAPPED RADIO CACHE PUT IN PLACE BY THE BERNE RESIDENCY
  27. APPENDIX 3
  28. EXAMPLES OF RADIO CACHES PUT IN PLACE BY THE ROME RESIDENCY
  29. Chapter 23
  30. Chapter 24
  31. Chapter 25
  32. Chapter 26
  33. Chapter 27
  34. Chapter 28
  35. Chapter 29
  36. Chapter 30
  37. CONCLUSION: FROM THE ONE-PARTY STATE

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