Description: Weinstein, the author of the definitive book on the Hiss-Chambers case (Perjury, 1978), and Vassiliev, a former KGB officer turned journalist, have very effectively raided the KGB archives to gather the fullest account to date of Soviet espionage in the US up to the ’50s. Their account reflects not only much of what happened but also the strategies and apprehensions of the spymasters—apprehensions not only about their operations but about their lives, as Stalin’s purges eliminated many of the most competent officers. Indeed, one of the surprises is not only the high quality of Soviet personnel up to this time but the extent to which the purges, the defection of Chambers and of courier Elizabeth Bentley, and enhanced counterintelligence virtually crippled much of the Soviet operation in the 1945—47 period. The authors note that this book cannot be definitive. They didn’t have access to all KGB files or any GRU files, nor British or American archives. But it is the most able, careful and comprehensive account we are likely to have for a long time to come.
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Book Series: Historical
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Personalized: No
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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Book Title: Haunted Wood : Soviet Espionage in America-The Stalin Era
Number of Pages: 402 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Item Height: 1.4 in
Topic: United States / 20th Century, Intelligence & Espionage, Espionage
Publication Year: 1998
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, True Crime, History
Item Weight: 27.5 Oz
Item Length: 9.6 in
Author: Alexander Vassiliev, Allen Weinstein
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
