Description: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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Defector: The Revelations of Renegade Soviet Intelligence Officers, 1934-1954. To get started finding Defector: The Revelations of Renegade Soviet Intelligence Officers, 1934-1954, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
248
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Release
2020
ISBN
1474467237
Defector: The Revelations of Renegade Soviet Intelligence Officers, 1934-1954
Description: 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Defector: The Revelations of Renegade Soviet Intelligence Officers, 1934-1954. To get started finding Defector: The Revelations of Renegade Soviet Intelligence Officers, 1934-1954, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.