Entries A-Z -- The evolution of Soviet State Security -- KGB Chairs, 1917-1991 -- Russian foreign intelligence organizations, 1920- -- Chiefs of Soviet and Russian Foreign Intelligence, 1920- -- Russian Security Services, 1991- -- Heads of Military Intelligence (GRU), 1918- -- Venona code names and encryption -- Loss of life in the Stalin Era -- Agents and programs betrayed by Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen, and Edward Lee Howard -- Maskirovka: deception on nuclear weapons programs -- Bibliography -- About the author
Summary
This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence is the only volume that lays out how Russian and Soviet intelligence works and how its operations have impacted Russian history. It covers Russian intelligence from the imperial period to the present focusing in greatest detail on Cold War espionage cases and the Putin-era intelligence community
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-420)
Notes
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