
The Sword and the Shield
The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB
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Charles Stransky
Supplementing this trove of KGB secrets with extensive research in other archives, published and unpublished, Christopher Andrew has written an extraordinary book which forces you to acknowledge that there was indeed an enemy - and that he was very much in our midst.
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A fine record of the other company.
a must follow up to
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learned more than I thought
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Second point-It gives the active listener a very good overview.
Third point- I would say that somethings were not expounded on due to the nature of classification of material.
Forth point- excellent reference for research papers and a starting point for some more in depth research of certain events.
Interesting and sometimes enthralling
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In point of fact I think abridge book should be allowed unless the author himself cut it.
Enriching Book Astounishing Reading
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If you are looking for Cold War and James Bond ...
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In this book, he names names. Hundreds of names. For instance, he names an employee of M.W. Kellogg in Houston, whom no one ever suspected of being a Soviet agent. He names key members of the Roosevelt and Truman administrations.
But saying that he names names is understating the importance of this book.
Beginning in the 1930's and continuing into the late 1980's, he describes Soviet tradecraft and the work of master spys, cutouts, agents, and persons compromised. For instance, the provides the Soviet side of the recuiment and running of the Kim Phily Five, the Alger Hiss matter, the Rosenbergs, etc.
HE EVEN IDENTIFIES SASHA, a Soviet mole who did much damage (although the CIA's hunt for SASHA may have been even more damaging than Sasha's own work - and the skeptics amoung us question whether there was another Sasha).
If this were fiction, it would be a pretty good book. As non-fiction, it is a must read for anyone who wants to know what really happened in the cold war and how close we came to losing to the Soviets.
About 20% of the information in this book is incorporated into Robert Littel's novel, THE COMPANY.
Great History - Great Spy Story
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Exposed! The KGB was evil!
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