TY - BOOK AU - Pringle,Robert W. ED - Credo Reference (Firm), TI - Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence T2 - Historical dictionaries of intelligence and counterintelligence SN - 9781786844026 AV - UB252.R8 P75 2015 U1 - 327.1247003 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Lanham [Maryland] PB - Rowman & Littlefield KW - Intelligence service KW - Russia KW - Encyclopedias KW - Military intelligence KW - Spies KW - Biography KW - Soviet Union KW - Russia (Federation) N1 - 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; Access restricted to authorized users and institutions N2 - 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 UR - https://ezp.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/title/rowmanrasi?institutionId=5224 ER -