Everybody spied on everybody else during the Cold War. France had
agents in the U.S., China had agents in East Germany, Poland had
agents in Great Britain, and the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. had agents
everywhere—in governments, in industry, in the military, and
within each other's, and their own, intelligence agencies. A-Z
entries provide a fascinating glimpse into the subterranean world,
events, people and operations of the Cold War. Cold War espionage
was a nightmare of errors, seen darkly in a wilderness of mirrors,
raining desperate deceptions in a climate of treason, with
assassins trading in treachery using hidden hands running invisible
governments. As fascinating as it was lethal, this labyrinthian
world is still masked in mystery. A good amount is known and
knowable, however, and this encyclopedia offers up the latest and
most up to date information available, drawn from scholarship,
memoirs, and journalism. Everybody spied on everybody else during
the Cold War. France had agents in the U.S., China had agents in
East Germany, Poland had agents in Great Britain, and the United
States and the U.S.S.R. had agents everywhere: in governments, in
industry, in the military, and within each other's, and their own,
intelligence agencies. A-Z entries provide a fascinating glimpse
into the subterranean world, events, people and operations of the
Cold War. Close to 300 hundred entries provide vivid summaries of
hazardous careers, both long and tragically brief, of betrayal and
double-cross, and of diplomatic maneuvering so freighted with
deception and cunning it sometimes seems unreal. Every entry
concludes with suggested readings, and is thoroughly
cross-referenced. A thematic guide quickly directs users to
Affairs, Crises, Disasters, Hoaxes and Scandals; Agents of
Influence, Spies, Spymasters, and Informants by nationality;
Assassins and Assassinations; Covert Operations; Defectors to the
East and West; Double Agents, Fictional Agents and Operations;
Honeytraps; Spy Exchanges; Victims of Covert Operations; and Women
Spies and Agents. It contains an extensive annotated chronology,
and is thoroughly indexed. This encyclopedia will be immensely
helpful to students and researchers of the seamier side of 20th
century world history, Cold War history, and world politics.
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