This history of the world's largest and most powerful intelligence service; the KGB; from its origin after the Russian revolution to the present day; analyzes its operations against subjects as diverse as the EEC; Margaret Thatcher; Solidarity and Libya. This study also provides an insight into Gorbachev's relations with the KGB and examines the disintegration of the Soviet bloc. Christopher Andrew has also written "Secret Service". Gordievsky was a KGB colonel who worked for British intelligence as a penetration agent in the KGB from 1974. He escaped to the West in 1985.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Reasonable but...By BarbaraThe book came ok. It didn't take it too long to reach me. Packaging was not padded for protection. In my opinion; the copy I received did not match the "very good" condition that was listed in description. I guess that it should have been posted elsewhere. 2 or 3 stars for hippo.The book I give 4 stars. "The other South: Southern dissenters in the nineteenth century" by Carl N. Degler; is excellent. A classic for sure. It was written in 1974; but has stood the test of time. I thought it would be stuffy and academic as it was written by a Stanford professor--I am so biased! But it is not. Instead; it is a very readable popular history interestingly written for the average person and is very much about the people. I am learning a lot about Southern history a subject I am totally dense about. There are many; many used copies out there all going very cheaply. It must have been used as a standard text at one time.
