Historical Dictionary of Cold War Counterintelligence

by Nigel West

The defection of Igor Gouzenko in September 1945, more so than any other single event, alerted the West to the nature and scale of the Soviet espionage offensive being waged by the Kremlin. Apart from the dozen or so defendants convicted of spying, Gouzenko wrecked an organization that had taken years to develop, exposed the penetration of the Manhattan atomic weapons project, and demonstrated the very close relationship between the Canadian Communist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810857707
• ISBN13: 9780810857704
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 8.7"