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Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB »

Authors: Christopher Andrew, Vasill Mitrohhin
ISBN-13: 9780465003129, ISBN-10: 0465003125
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: August 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Christopher Andrew

Christopher Andrew is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Cambridge University. In addition to The Sword and the Shield, his previous books include Her Majesty’s Secret Service, KGB, and For the President’s Eyes Only. He lives in Cambridge, England.

Book Synopsis

Christopher Andrew’s new book is based on one of the most extraordinary intelligence coups of recent times: the discovery of a treasure-trove of highly classified documents which the FBI has described, after close examination, as the ”most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source.” Though there is top-secret material on almost every country in the world, the United States is at the top of the list. The contents of the book remain embargoed until publication. As well as containing many fascinating revelations, this is a major contribution to the secret history of the twentieth century.

Booknews

Mitrokhin worked for the foreign intelligence archive of the Soviet spy agency. In 1972 he was charged with moving the top-secret records to a new headquarters, and took the opportunity to make notes and transcripts and hide them under his dacha floor. In 1992 British intelligence spirited him to the west, where he now spills the beans with the help of Andrew (modern and contemporary history, Cambridge U.). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Abbreviations and Acronyms
	The Evolution of the KGB, 1917-1991
	The Transliteration of Russian Names
	Foreword
1	The Mitrokhin Archive	1
2	From Lenin's Cheka to Stalin's OGPU	23
3	The Great Illegals	42
4	The Magnificent Five	56
5	Terror	68
6	War	89
7	The Grand Alliance	104
8	Victory	122
9	From War to Cold War	137
10	The Main Adversary - Part 1: North American Illegals in the 1950's	162
11	The Main Adversary - Part 2: Walk-ins and Legal Residencies in the Early Cold War	176
12	The Main Adversary - Part 3: Illegals after "Abel"	190
13	The Main Adversary - Part 4: Walk-ins and Legal Residencies in the Later Cold War	203
14	Political Warfare: Active Measures and the Main Adversary	224
15	PROGRESS Operations - Part 1: Crushing the Prague Spring	247
16	PROGRESS Operations - Part 2: Spying on the Soviet Bloc	262
17	The KGB and Western Communist Parties	276
18	Eurocommunism	294
19	Ideological Subversion - Part 1: The War Against the Dissidents	307
20	Ideological Subversion - Part 2: The Victory of the Dissidents	322
21	SIGINT in the Cold War	337
22	Special Tasks - Part 1: From Marshal Tito to Rudolf Nureyev	356
23	Special Tasks - Part 2: The Andropov Era and Beyond	374
24	Cold War Operations Against Britain - Part 1: After the "Magnificent Five"	397
25	Cold War Operations Against Britain - Part 2: After Operation FOOT	417
26	The Federal Republic of Germany	437
27	France and Italy during the Cold War: Agent Penetration and Active Measures	460
28	The Penetration and Persecution of the Soviet Churches	486
29	The Polish Pope and the Rise of Solidarity	508
30	The Polish Crisis and the Crumbling of the Soviet Bloc	517
31	Conclusion: From the One-Party State to the Yeltsin Presidency	544
App. A	KGB Chairmen, 1917-26	566
App. B	Heads of Foreign Intelligence, 1920-99	567
App. C	The Organization of the KGB	568
App. D	The Organization of the KGB First Chief Directorate	569
App. E	The Organization of a KGB Residency	570
	Notes	571
	Bibliography	669
	Index	683

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