Oriented for a general reading audience, this book gives a unique
and rare perspective on the KGB "special operations" in Soviet
Ukraine, which targeted especially the USA and Canada, using issues
related to Soviet Ukrainian identity and cultural diplomacy of
Soviet Ukraine after Stalin's death in 1953 until the perestroika
of the 1980s. Concentrating on the period of the Cold War after
Stalin and combining the counterintelligence documents from the KGB
archive in Kyiv, Ukraine, with the official KGB correspondence and
reports to the political leadership of Soviet Ukraine, this book
offers an experimental view of the political and cultural history
of relations between Soviet Ukraine and "capitalist America"
through the prism of KGB operations against the US and Canada.
Written from a "hidden" perspective of KGB operations from 1953 to
the end of the 1980s, this book covers intelligence and
counter-intelligence operations and the active measures of the KGB,
but also various problems of anti-American cultural campaigns in
Soviet Ukraine, sponsored by the KGB, involving the issues of
cultural consumption, knowledge production, youth culture and
national identity. Using carefully researched archive materials,
this is an invaluable resource for scholars and advanced students
of KGB operations, the Cold War, counterintelligence and political
and cultural history of the relations between Soviet Ukraine and
the United States and Canada, and a role of cultural consumption in
this history. "Few themes in the Cold War history received more
attention but are less understood than the intelligence and
counterintelligence operations of the KGB. The reason for that is
simple-till recently very few if any documents on the subject were
available to the scholars. In this pioneering study, Sergei Zhuk
takes full advantage of the recently opened KGB archives in Ukraine
to examine the "active measures" and other operations of the Soviet
clandestine service against the United States and Canada. It is a
major contribution to the field, which fills an important gap in
our knowledge about the Cold War and the ways in which it is
related to today."- Serhii Plokhy, Harvard University and author of
"The Man with the Poison Gun: A Cold War Spy Story", "Zhuk's timely
book uses rigorous archival research to analyze KGB activities,
avoiding the sensationalism and speculation usually associated with
study of these topics. Beyond being fascinating reading, the book
uses KGB operations in Ukraine as a fascinating lens for examining
Soviet interactions with American society and with Ukrainian
national identity." - Benjamin Tromly, University of Puget Sound
"This is a highly original, eminently readable, and chillingly
enlightening book on KGB operations. It illuminates the creative,
clandestine, and devious measures the Soviet secret police used to
enhance Soviet influence. All the same, the KGB lost ultimately to
the seductive power of American culture. Highly recommended" -
Hiroaki Kuromiya, Indiana University "The leading historian of
postwar Ukrainian society and culture, Sergei Zhuk has
revolutionized our understanding of life in Soviet Ukraine during
Cold War. His new book, which focuses on the machinations of the
Ukrainian KGB both inside and outside Ukraine, is both fascinating
and provocative. As always, his research-this time in KGB archives,
supplemented by interviews with KGB officers-is original and
impeccable. Highly recommended to all students of the Cold War." -
Denise J. Youngblood, University of Vermont, co-author of Cinematic
Cold War: The American and Soviet Struggle for Hearts and Minds
"Sergei Zhuk's meticulously researched study accurately
reconstructs the KGB's covert operations during the post-Stalin era
in Soviet Ukraine and beyond, which were designed to solidify and
protect Soviet society from Western political and cultural
influences. His work with previously unavailable KGB documents has
produced an insightful analysis of the intelligence and
counterintelligence aspects of Soviet history, a significant
contribution to scholarship that enhances our understanding of the
dynamics of the Cold War and the continuity of the KGB traditions."
- Olga Bertelsen, Tiffin University
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