Espionage and the roots of the Cold War

the conspiratorial heritage

Espionage and the roots of the Cold War
David McKnight, David McKnight
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Espionage and the roots of the Cold War

the conspiratorial heritage

"From the 1930s to the 1950s a significant number of left-wing men and women in the United States, Britain, Europe, Australia and Canada were recruited to the Soviet intelligence services."

"These people were amateurs rather than professional intelligence workers, and the reasons for their success is intriguing and has never been satisfactorily explained. Using recently released Soviet archives, this book seeks to explore the foundations for these successes in the deliberately concealed tradition of underground political activity which was part of the communist movement. This tradition, which became extremely useful to Soviet intelligence, also explains the origins of the 'tradecraft' of espionage. The book seeks to contribute to the study of the causes of the early Cold War, by explaining how this underground tradition led to espionage."

"This book shows that while allegations of disloyalty during the Cold War were often part of a witch-hunt, the Left and their liberal allies sometimes unwittingly had a number of skeletons in their own closet."--Cover.

Publish Date
Publisher
Frank Cass
Language
English
Pages
226

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
London
Series
Studies in intelligence

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
327.1247
Library of Congress
UB271.R9M35 2002, UB271.R9 M35 2002, UB271.R9 M35 2002eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 226 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
226

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL21988947M
ISBN 10
071465163X
LCCN
2002071596
OCLC/WorldCat
822561527, 49902060
Goodreads
2367647

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