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Stalking Sociologists - J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Surveillance of American Sociology (Paperback, New): Ren ee C Fox Stalking Sociologists - J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Surveillance of American Sociology (Paperback, New)
Ren ee C Fox
R1,420 Discovery Miles 14 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Until recent years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation enjoyed an exalted reputation as America's premier crime-fighting organization. However, it is now common knowledge that the FBI and its long-time director, J. Edgar Hoover, were responsible for the creation of a massive internal security apparatus that undermined the very principles of freedom and democracy they were sworn to protect. While no one was above suspicion, Hoover appears to have held a special disdain for sociologists and placed many of the profession's most prominent figures under surveillance. In "Stalking Sociologists," Mike Forrest Keen offers a detailed account of the FBI's investigations within the context of an overview of the history of American sociology.
This ground-breaking analysis history uses documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Keen argues that Hoover and the FBI marginalized sociologists such as W. E. B. Du Bois and C. Wright Mills, tried to suppress the development of a Marxist tradition in American sociology, and likely pushed the mainstream of the discipline away from a critique of American society and towards a more quantitative and scientific direction. He documents thousands of man-hours and millions of dollars dedicated to this project. Faculty members of various departments of sociology were recruited to inform on the activities of their colleagues and the American Sociological Association was a target of FBI surveillance. Keen turns sociology back upon the FBI, using the writings and ideas of the very sociologists Hoover investigated to examine and explain the excesses of the Bureau and its boss. The result is a significant contribution to the collective memory of American society as well as the accurate history of the sociological discipline.
"This ground-breaking book documents in meticulous detail decades of harassment and surveillance of major American sociologists by the FBI. The misuse of power...will outrage all Americans and raise significant professional issues within the social sciences."--Mary Jo Deegan, professor of sociology, University of Nebraska
Mike Forrest Keen is professor in the department of sociology at Indiana University South Bend. His previous work includes numerous scholarly articles and "Eastern Europe in Transformation: The Impact on Sociology," edited with Janusz L. Mucha.

The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War - Calling the Tune? (Hardcover): Hugh Wilford The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War - Calling the Tune? (Hardcover)
Hugh Wilford
R3,934 Discovery Miles 39 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

During the late 1940s the newly created CIA, in a loose alliance with anti-communist intellectuals and trade unionists, launched a massive, clandestine effort to win the Cold War allegiance of the European left. Drawing on numerous personal interviews and document collections on both sides of the Atlantic, this book examines in detail the origins of the CIA's covert campaign and assesses it's impact on the US's principal Cold War ally, Britain, focusing particularly on attempts to combat communist penetration of British trade unions, stimulate support within the Labour party for key American strategic aims, such as European union, and influence the politics of Bloomsbury literati. The results of this secret intervention were complex and far-reaching. CIA support for such ventures as the Congress for Cultural Freedom and its London-based magazine, Encounter, subtly transformed the political culture of the British left, making it more Atlanticist and less socialist. In other ways, however, the hidden hand of American intelligence failed to control its British assets, whose behaviour often frustrated their secretive patrons in Washington. For that matter, not even the CIA's agen

Secret Intelligence in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover): Heike Bungert, Jan G. Heitmann, Michael Wala Secret Intelligence in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
Heike Bungert, Jan G. Heitmann, Michael Wala
R4,357 Discovery Miles 43 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume investigates the connection between intelligence history, domestic policy, military history and foreign relations in a time of increasing bureaucratization of the modern state. The issues of globalization of foreign relations and the development of modern, electronic means of communication are also discussed.

Western Intelligence and the Collapse of the Soviet Union - 1980-1990: Ten Years that did not Shake the World (Hardcover):... Western Intelligence and the Collapse of the Soviet Union - 1980-1990: Ten Years that did not Shake the World (Hardcover)
David Arbel, Ran Edelist
R4,515 Discovery Miles 45 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the second half of 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed. It was an event of major historic and global dimensions, yet this strategic transformation of international relations took the entire world totally by suprise - despite the fact that the West saw in the Communist power an ideological foe and a major military threat.
During the 1980s Western intelligence services spent about $40 billion every year, most of it to monitor the Soviet Union and its satellites. Yet all of them, without exception, were taken by surprise when the red empire crumbled. The American CIA, Britain's MI-6, Germany's BND and the French DGSE all failed to comprehend that the Soviet Union was approaching the end of its imperial existence. A handful of honest intelligence professionals who identified the signs of weakness and distress were shunted aside.
The authors of this book interviewed dozens of people who dealt with Soviet affairs in the 1980s, most of them in the United States, some in Europe, the Soviet Union and Israel. The interviewees included high ranking government officials, academics and journalists, but mostly intelligence personnel. All admitted having been caught off guard, but differed over the reasons for their surprise, and who was responsible for it.

Espionage and Secrecy (Routledge Revivals) - The Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989 of the United Kingdom (Paperback): Rosamund... Espionage and Secrecy (Routledge Revivals) - The Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989 of the United Kingdom (Paperback)
Rosamund Thomas
R1,151 Discovery Miles 11 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This prize-winning book, first published in 1991, provides a detailed legal account of the development of the UK Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989. In particular, the Espionage section (s.1) of this criminal law is analysed carefully, illustrated by leading cases of UK spies prosecuted under this section, particularly during the 1980's - including MI5 officer Michael Bettaney and Geoffrey Prime who worked at GCHQ. The author also examines problems of evidence in espionage prosecutions, and the consent of the Attorney-General in cases under the Official Secrets Acts. This book remains the definitive treatise on the UK Official Secrets Acts, especially concerning the espionage provisions.

Sea of Spies (Paperback): Alex Gerlis Sea of Spies (Paperback)
Alex Gerlis
R278 R182 Discovery Miles 1 820 Save R96 (35%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A nest of espionage. A break for the border. A race to survive.The Allies are desperate to stop neutral Turkey supplying vital materials to the Nazis - materials which could help them win the war. But then a British agent makes a fatal mistake, and disappears in Istanbul. In England, detective turned spy Richard Prince - back from a clandestine mission in Nazi-occupied Europe - is hunting for his lost son. Before long he is drawn into a dangerous follow-up operation, posing as a journalist in Turkey. The mission soon goes wrong. Out of touch with London and stranded hundreds of miles behind enemy lines, Prince will have to find evidence of the Turks secret trade with the Nazis, as well as a way out. Chances of survival? Low. Chance of completing his mission? Prince will do whatever it takes. An astounding WWII espionage thriller from a modern master of the genre, Sea of Spies is a triumph, perfect for fans of Alan Furst, John le Carre and Robert Harris.

KGB Lexicon - The Soviet Intelligence Officers Handbook (Paperback): Vasili Mitrokhin KGB Lexicon - The Soviet Intelligence Officers Handbook (Paperback)
Vasili Mitrokhin
R1,581 Discovery Miles 15 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The name of Vasily Mitrokhin burst into the public's consciousness in the autumn of 1999, with the publication of The Mitrokhin Archive and the exposure of a grandmother living in South London as a Soviet spy. The resultant enquiry conducted by the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee paid tribute to the unique contribution which Mitrokhin had made to the public's understanding of how the former KGB had operated, and to Mitrokhin's commitment and bravery in accumulating and preparing his archive alone and in secret for 20 years before defecting to the United Kingdom in 1992.

KGB Lexicon - The Soviet Intelligence Officers Handbook (Hardcover): Vasili Mitrokhin KGB Lexicon - The Soviet Intelligence Officers Handbook (Hardcover)
Vasili Mitrokhin
R3,504 Discovery Miles 35 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The name of Vasily Mitrokhin burst into the public's consciousness in the autumn of 1999, with the publication of The Mitrokhin Archive and the exposure of a grandmother living in South London as a Soviet spy. The resultant enquiry conducted by the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee paid tribute to the unique contribution which Mitrokhin had made to the public's understanding of how the former KGB had operated, and to Mitrokhin's commitment and bravery in accumulating and preparing his archive alone and in secret for 20 years before defecting to the United Kingdom in 1992.

China's Security Interests in the Post-Cold War Era (Hardcover, annotated edition): Russell Ong China's Security Interests in the Post-Cold War Era (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Russell Ong
R4,359 Discovery Miles 43 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Concentrates on the economic and political aspects of China's security agenda, which have, to a certain extent, been given less prominence in most security studies on China.

Espionage and the Roots of the Cold War - The Conspiratorial Heritage (Hardcover): David McKnight Espionage and the Roots of the Cold War - The Conspiratorial Heritage (Hardcover)
David McKnight
R4,361 Discovery Miles 43 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the 1930's to the 1950's a significant number of left-wing men and women in the United States, Britain, Europe, Australia and Canada were recruited to the Soviet intellgence services.
These people were amateurs, rather than professional intelligence workers and the reason for their success is intriguing and has never been satisfactorily explained.
Using recently released Soviet archives, this book seeks to explore the foundations for these successes in the deliberately concealed tradition of underground political activity which was part of the communist movement. This tradition, which became extremely useful to Soviet intelligence, also explains the origins of the "tradecraft" of espionage. The book seeks to contribute to the study of the causes of the early Cold War, by explaining how this underground tradition lead to espionage.
This title shows that while allegations of disloyalty during the Cold War were often part of a witch-hunt, the Left and their liberal allies sometimes unwittingly had a number of skeletons in their closet.

Intelligence Services in the Information Age (Hardcover): Michael Herman Intelligence Services in the Information Age (Hardcover)
Michael Herman
R4,363 Discovery Miles 43 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Intelligence was a central element of the Cold War and the need for it was expected to diminish after the USSR's collapse, yet in recent years it has been in greater demand than ever. The atrocities of 11 September and the subsequent "war on terrorism" now call for an even more intensive effort. Important questions arise on how intelligence fits into the world of increased threats, globalization and expanded international action. This volume contains the recent work on this subject by Michael Herman, British intelligence professional for 35 years and Oxford University academic. It compares intelligence with other government information services, and discusses the British intelligence system and the case for its reform. It also addresses the ethical issues raised by intelligence's methods and results: "do they on balance make for a better world or a worse one?." Other chapters explore a wide range of intelligence topics past and present, including the transatlantic relationship, the alliance strategies of Norway and New Zealand, Mrs Thatcher's "de-unionization" of British Sigint, and personal memories of the British Cabinet Office in the 1970s.
Michael Herman argues for intelligence professionalism as a contribution to international security and for its encouragement as a world standard. The modern challenge is for intelligence to support international cooperation in ways originally developed to advance national interests, while at the same time developing some restraint and international "rules of the game," in the use of intrusive and covert methods on its traditional targets. The effects of 11 September on this challenge are discussed in a thoughtful afterword.

Capital of Spies - Intelligence Agencies in Berlin During the Cold War (Hardcover): Bernd von Kostka, Sven Felix Kellerhoff Capital of Spies - Intelligence Agencies in Berlin During the Cold War (Hardcover)
Bernd von Kostka, Sven Felix Kellerhoff
R651 Discovery Miles 6 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For almost half a century, the hottest front in the Cold War was right across Berlin. From summer 1945 until 1990, the secret services of NATO and the Warsaw Pact fought an ongoing duel in the dark. Throughout the Cold War, espionage was part of everyday life in both East and West Berlin, with German spies playing a crucial part of operations on both sides: Erich Mielke's Stasi and Reinhard Gehlen's Federal Intelligence Service, for example. The construction of the wall in 1961 changed the political situation and the environment for espionage - the invisible front was now concreted and unmistakable. but the fundamentals had not changed: Berlin was and would remain the capital of spies until the fall of the Berlin Wall, a fact which makes it all the more surprising that there are hardly any books about the work of the secret services in Berlin during the Cold War. Journalist Sven Felix Kellerhoff and historian Bernd von Kostka describe the spectacular successes and failures of the various secret services based in the city.

The Cold War Spy Pocket Manual - The Official Field-Manuals for Espionage, Spycraft and Counter-Intelligence (Hardcover):... The Cold War Spy Pocket Manual - The Official Field-Manuals for Espionage, Spycraft and Counter-Intelligence (Hardcover)
Philip Parker 1
R281 R246 Discovery Miles 2 460 Save R35 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Dirty Tricks or Trump Cards - U.S. Covert Action and Counterintelligence (Paperback, New Ed): Roy Godson Dirty Tricks or Trump Cards - U.S. Covert Action and Counterintelligence (Paperback, New Ed)
Roy Godson
R1,377 Discovery Miles 13 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Contrary to popular misconceptions and public branding as "dirty tricks," covert action and counterintelligence can have considerable value. Democracies, while wary of these instruments, have benefited significantly from their use, saving lives, treasure, and gaining strategic advantage. As liberal democracies confront the post-Cold War mix of rogue states and non-state actors, such as criminals and terrorists, and weapons of mass destruction and mass disruption, these clandestine arts may prove to be important tools of statecraft, and perhaps trump cards in the twenty-first century.

Godson defines covert action as influencing events in other parts of the world without attribution, and counterintelligence as identifying, neutralizing, and exploiting the secret activities of others. Together they provide the capability to resist manipulation and control others to advantage. Counterintelligence protects U.S. military, technological, and diplomatic secrets and turns adversary intelligence to U.S. advantage. Covert action enables the United States to weaken adversaries and to assist allies who may be hampered by open acknowledgment of foreign support.

Drawing on contemporary and historical literature, broad-ranging contacts with senior intelligence officials in many countries, as well as his own research and experience as a longtime consultant to the U.S. government, Godson traces the history of U.S. covert action and counterintelligence since 1945, showing that covert action works well when it is part of a well-coordinated policy and when policy makers are committed to succeeding in the long-term. Godson argues that the best counterintelligence is an offensive defense. His exposition of the essential theoretical foundations of both covert action and counterintelligence, supported by historical examples, lays out the ideal conditions for their use, as well as demonstrating why they are so difficult to attain.

This book will be of interest to students and general readers interested in political science, national security, foreign policy, and military policy.

Agents of Subversion - The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA's Covert War in China (Hardcover): John Delury Agents of Subversion - The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA's Covert War in China (Hardcover)
John Delury
R814 R648 Discovery Miles 6 480 Save R166 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Agents of Subversion reconstructs the remarkable story of a botched mission into Manchuria, showing how it fit into a wider CIA campaign against Communist China and highlighting the intensity-and futility-of clandestine operations to overthrow Mao. In the winter of 1952, at the height of the Korean War, the CIA flew a covert mission into China to pick up an agent. Trained on a remote Pacific island, the agent belonged to an obscure anti-communist group known as the Third Force based out of Hong Kong. The exfiltration would fail disastrously, and one of the Americans on the mission, a recent Yale graduate named John T. Downey, ended up a prisoner of Mao Zedong's government for the next twenty years. Unraveling the truth behind decades of Cold War intrigue, John Delury documents the damage that this hidden foreign policy did to American political life. The US government kept the public in the dark about decades of covert activity directed against China, while Downey languished in a Beijing prison and his mother lobbied desperately for his release. Mining little-known Chinese sources, Delury sheds new light on Mao's campaigns to eliminate counterrevolutionaries and how the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party used captive spies in diplomacy with the West. Agents of Subversion is an innovative work of transnational history, and it demonstrates both how the Chinese Communist regime used the fear of special agents to tighten its grip on society and why intellectuals in Cold War America presciently worried that subversion abroad could lead to repression at home.

Prelude to the Easter Rising - Sir Roger Casement in Imperial Germany (Paperback): Reinhard R. Doerries Prelude to the Easter Rising - Sir Roger Casement in Imperial Germany (Paperback)
Reinhard R. Doerries
R1,353 Discovery Miles 13 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Prelude to the Easter Rising casts light upon the clandestine activities of Sir Roger Casement in Imperial Germany from 1914 to 1916. German military intelligence and the Imperial Foreign Office had far-reaching plans to use the Irish in the war against Britain. Radical Irish-American leaders were behind Casement's mission to Berlin. It took some time for the highly sensitive and idealistic Casement to realise that neither the German General Staff nor the Imperial Chancellor was able, or willing, to lend full military support to the Irish. When Casement began to see that the rising would be a bloody massacre, he left for Ireland to halt the fatal development and, if necessary, sacrifice his own honour and life. The carefully edited documents contained in this volume, mostly from the German Foreign Office archives in Bonn, present a full record of Casement's activities prior to Easter 1916. Over 80 years later, these papers have lost none of their emotional immediacy.

American-British-Canadian Intelligence Relations, 1939-2000 (Paperback): Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, David Stafford American-British-Canadian Intelligence Relations, 1939-2000 (Paperback)
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, David Stafford
R1,480 Discovery Miles 14 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work considers, for the first time, the intelligence relationship between three important North Atlantic powers in the Twenty-first century, from WWII to post-Cold War. As demonstrated in the case studies in this volume, World War II cemented loose and often informal inter-allied agreements on security intelligence that had preceded it, and created new and important areas of close and formal co-operation in such areas as codebreaking and foreign intelligence.

The Clandestine Cold War in Asia, 1945-65 - Western Intelligence, Propaganda and Special Operations (Paperback, A Running PR... The Clandestine Cold War in Asia, 1945-65 - Western Intelligence, Propaganda and Special Operations (Paperback, A Running PR Mi)
Richard J. Aldrich, Ming-Yeh Rawnsley
R1,624 Discovery Miles 16 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Asia represented the "hottest" theatre of the Cold War, with several declared and undeclared wars always in progress. Examining the Asian dimension of this struggle, this volume describes and analyzes a range of clandestine activities from intelligence and propaganda to special operations and security support. It draws on documents declassified after the end of the Cold War.

Narratives of Guilt and Compliance in Unified Germany - Stasi Informers and their Impact on Society (Hardcover, New): Barbara... Narratives of Guilt and Compliance in Unified Germany - Stasi Informers and their Impact on Society (Hardcover, New)
Barbara Miller
R3,992 Discovery Miles 39 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In 1992, the files of East Germany's infamous Ministry for State Security, the Stasi, were made publicly available and thousands of former East Germans began to confront their contents. Finally, it was possible for ordinary citizens to ascertain who had worked for the Stasi, either on a full-time basis or as an 'unofficial employee' or informer. The revelations from these 178 km of documents sparked feuds old and new among a population already struggling through massive social and political upheaval. Drawing upon the Stasi files and upon interviews with one-time informers, this book examines the impact of the Stasi legacy in united Germany. Barbara Miller examines such aspects of the informer's experience as: the recruitment procedure daily life and work motivation and justification She next considers the dealings of politicians and the courts with the Stasi and its employees. Her analysis then turns to the way in which this aspect of recent German history has been remembered, and the phenomenal impact of the opening of the files on such perceptions of the past. Narratives of Guilt and Compliance in Unified Germany offers important new perspectives on the nature of individual and c

How Spies Think - Ten Lessons in Intelligence (Paperback): David Omand How Spies Think - Ten Lessons in Intelligence (Paperback)
David Omand
R240 R190 Discovery Miles 1 900 Save R50 (21%) Ships in 3 - 5 working days

WINNER OF THE NEAVE BOOK PRIZE 2022 LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2021 'One of the best books ever written about intelligence analysis and its long-term lessons' Christopher Andrew, author of The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 'An invaluable guide to avoiding self-deception and fake news' Melanie Phillips, The Times From the former director of GCHQ, Professor Sir David Omand, learn the methodology used by British intelligence agencies to reach judgements, establish the right level of confidence and act decisively. Full of revealing examples from a storied career, including key briefings with Prime Ministers and strategies used in conflicts from the Cold War to the present, in How Spies Think Professor Omand arms us with the tools to sort fact from fiction, and shows us how to use real intelligence every day.

The Norwegian Intelligence Service, 1945-1970 (Paperback): Olav Riste The Norwegian Intelligence Service, 1945-1970 (Paperback)
Olav Riste
R1,782 Discovery Miles 17 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a history of the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) during the Cold War, based on its secret archives. The author presents detailed descriptions of the build-up of a network of Norwegian signals intelligence stations in the north; border crossings by clandestine agents; the reporting of Norwegian merchant mariners from ports behind the Iron Curtain; the intimate co-operation between the NIS and the secret services of the United States and other countries; as well as the establishment of a stay behind network.

The Sword and the Shield (Paperback): Christopher Andrew The Sword and the Shield (Paperback)
Christopher Andrew
R844 R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Save R133 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Sword and the Shield is based on one of the most extraordinary intelligence coups of recent times: a secret archive of top-level KGB documents smuggled out of the Soviet Union which the FBI has described, after close examination, as the "most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source." Its presence in the West represents a catastrophic hemorrhage of the KGB's secrets and reveals for the first time the full extent of its worldwide network.Vasili Mitrokhin, a secret dissident who worked in the KGB archive, smuggled out copies of its most highly classified files every day for twelve years. In 1992, a U.S. ally succeeded in exfiltrating the KGB officer and his entire archive out of Moscow. The archive covers the entire period from the Bolshevik Revolution to the 1980s and includes revelations concerning almost every country in the world. But the KGB's main target, of course, was the United States.Though there is top-secret material on almost every country in the world, the United States is at the top of the list. As well as containing many fascinating revelations, this is a major contribution to the secret history of the twentieth century.Among the topics and revelations explored are: The KGB's covert operations in the United States and throughout the West, some of which remain dangerous today. KGB files on Oswald and the JFK assassination that Boris Yeltsin almost certainly has no intention of showing President Clinton. The KGB's attempts to discredit civil rights leader in the 1960s, including its infiltration of the inner circle of a key leader. The KGB's use of radio intercept posts in New York and Washington, D.C., in the 1970s to intercept high-level U.S. government communications. The KGB's attempts to steal technological secrets from major U.S. aerospace and technology corporations. KGB covert operations against former President Ronald Reagan, which began five years before he became president. KGB spies who successfully posed as U.S. citizens under a series of ingenious disguises, including several who attained access to the upper echelons of New York society.

Intelligence for Peace - The Role of Intelligence in Times of Peace (Hardcover): Hesi Carmel Intelligence for Peace - The Role of Intelligence in Times of Peace (Hardcover)
Hesi Carmel
R3,920 Discovery Miles 39 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The disintegration of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, attempts to solve military confrontation by peaceful means and the Middle East peace process have all given rise to the discussion about the role of intelligence in times of peace.

Intelligence for Peace - The Role of Intelligence in Times of Peace (Paperback): Hesi Carmel Intelligence for Peace - The Role of Intelligence in Times of Peace (Paperback)
Hesi Carmel
R1,474 Discovery Miles 14 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The disintegration of the Soviet-Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, attempts to solve military confrontations by peaceful means and the Middle East peace process have all given rise to the discussion about the role of intelligence in times of peace.


This unique book is comprised of a collection of articles by leading experts in the field who are convinced that intelligence has an important role to play, not only in times of war and confrontation, but also in times of conciliation and political processes.


The book sheds light on a major issue which concerns governments, policy makers, intelligence organizations and the public. It is of interest to all those concerned with modern intelligence activities and the changing international environment.

The New Nobility - The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB (Paperback): Andrei... The New Nobility - The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB (Paperback)
Andrei Soldatov, Irina Borogan
R434 R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Save R44 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The security services have played a central--and often mysterious--role at key turning points in Russia during the tumultuous years following the Soviet collapse: from the Moscow apartment house bombings and theater siege, to the war in Chechnya and the Beslan school massacre. In this riveting investigation, two intrepid journalists penetrate the secret world of the FSB and illustrate how the security services have evolved into a ruthless, violently powerful force that is inextricably woven into modern Russia's fundamental makeup, and has become more shadowy than its predecessor, the Soviet KGB.

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