Spying for the People

by Michael Schoenhals

Book Overview

Since the end of the Cold War, the operations of secret police informers have come under the media spotlight and it is now common knowledge that vast internal networks of spies in the Soviet Union and East Germany were directed by the Communist Party. By contrast, very little historical information has been available on the covert operations of the security services in Mao Zedong's China. However, as Michael Schoenhals reveals in this intriguing and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107603447
• ISBN13: 9781107603448
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"