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Author Riehle, Kevin P., 1963- author.

Title Soviet defectors : revelations of renegade intelligence officers, 1924-1954 / Kevin P. Riehle
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (vii, 327 pages) : illustrations
Series Intelligence, surveillance and secret warfare
Intelligence, surveillance and secret warfare.
Contents Intro -- Soviet Defectors -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Early Defectors, 1924-1930 -- 2 Yezhovshchina-Era Defectors, 1937-1940 -- 3 World War II-Era Defectors, 1941-1946 -- 4 Early Cold War Defectors, 1947-1951 -- 5 Post-Stalin Purge Defectors, 1953-1954 -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Organisational Changes in Soviet Intelligence and State Security, 1918-1954 -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary When intelligence officers defect, they take with them privileged information and often communicate it to the receiving state
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-318) and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR; viewed December 7, 2020)
Subject Intelligence officers -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century
Defectors -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century
Intelligence service -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Defectors
Intelligence officers
Intelligence service
Soviet Union
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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