Soviet and Nazi Defectors: Counter-Intelligence in Ww2 and the Cold War

by Nigel West

Analyzes nine wartime and postwar defections, highlighting motivations, risks, and counter-intelligence significance.

A well-informed defector is the most dangerous counter-intelligence commodity because it takes a spy to catch a spy. Very occasionally, an agent, especially a mole or an intelligence professional, will make a mistake and incriminate themselves, but usually it is a denunciation, a tip, or a vague clue from a defector that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1036113884
• ISBN13: 9781036113889
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 320 Pages