Suitable for SATB and organ, this is a setting of a inclusive contemporary poem.

When intelligence officers defect, they take with them privileged information and often communicate it to the receiving state.

Suitable for SS and piano, this is an arrangement of a popular German carol melody.

for SATB, flute, oboe, bassoon, and piano One of the great American folksongs of loss and loneliness, in an arrangement of great richness, technically accessible to school and amateur choirs. The instrumental parts add atmosphere, while remaining well within the range of younger players. Versions for SSA and TTBB are also available.

An analysis of the insider information and insights that over eighty Soviet intelligence officer defectors revealed during the first half of the Soviet period Identifies 88 Soviet intelligence officer defectors for the period 1917 to 1954, representing a variety of specializations; the most comprehensive list of Soviet intelligence officer defectors compiled to date. Shows the evolution of Soviet threat perceptions and the development of the "main enemy" concept in the Soviet national security system. Shows fluctuations in the Soviet recruitment and vetting of personnel for sensitive national security positions, corresponding with fluctuations in the stability of the Soviet government. Compiles for the first time corroborative primary sources in English, Russian, French, German, Finnish, Japanese, Latvian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. When intelligence officers defect, they take with them privileged information and often communicate it to the receiving state. This book identifies a group of those defectors from the Soviet elite - intelligence officers - and provides an aggregate analysis of their information to uncover Stalin's strategic priorities and concerns, thus to open a window into Stalin's impenetrable national security decision making. This book uses their information to define Soviet threat perceptions and national security anxieties during Stalin's time as Soviet leader.