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Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence / Robert W. Pringle.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Historical dictionaries of intelligence and counterintelligencePublisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2017Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (604 entries) ; digital filesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781786844026
  • 9781442253186
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 327.1247003 23
LOC classification:
  • UB252.R8 P75 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Entries A-Z -- The evolution of Soviet State Security -- KGB Chairs, 1917–1991 -- Russian foreign intelligence organizations, 1920– -- Chiefs of Soviet and Russian Foreign Intelligence, 1920– -- Russian Security Services, 1991– -- Heads of Military Intelligence (GRU), 1918– -- Venona code names and encryption -- Loss of life in the Stalin Era -- Agents and programs betrayed by Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen, and Edward Lee Howard -- Maskirovka: deception on nuclear weapons programs -- Bibliography -- About the author.
Abstract: This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence is the only volume that lays out how Russian and Soviet intelligence works and how its operations have impacted Russian history. It covers Russian intelligence from the imperial period to the present focusing in greatest detail on Cold War espionage cases and the Putin-era intelligence community.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Ebook Ebook NMC Library Credo Reference Online UB252.R8 P75 2015 EBOOK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available online - NMC Login required 518699

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-420).

Entries A-Z -- The evolution of Soviet State Security -- KGB Chairs, 1917–1991 -- Russian foreign intelligence organizations, 1920– -- Chiefs of Soviet and Russian Foreign Intelligence, 1920– -- Russian Security Services, 1991– -- Heads of Military Intelligence (GRU), 1918– -- Venona code names and encryption -- Loss of life in the Stalin Era -- Agents and programs betrayed by Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen, and Edward Lee Howard -- Maskirovka: deception on nuclear weapons programs -- Bibliography -- About the author.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence is the only volume that lays out how Russian and Soviet intelligence works and how its operations have impacted Russian history. It covers Russian intelligence from the imperial period to the present focusing in greatest detail on Cold War espionage cases and the Putin-era intelligence community.

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