Stalin's Secret War: Soviet Counterintelligence Against the Nazis, 1941-1945

by Robert W. Stephan

Book Overview

The Soviet-German War of 1941-1945 was the most extensive intelligence/counterintelligence war in modern history, involving the capture, torture, deportation, execution, and "doubling" of tens of thousands of agents--most of them Soviet citizens. While Russian armies fought furiously to defeat the Wehrmacht, Stalin's security services waged an equally ruthless secret war against Hitler's spies, as well as against the Soviet population. For the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700618244
• ISBN13: 9780700618248
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"