The Albanian Operation of the CIA and MI6, 1949-1953: Conversations with Participants in a Venture Betrayed

by Nicholas Bethell, Nicholas Bethell, Robert Elsie, et al.

The Albanian Operation, carried out by British and American secret services from 1949 to 1953, was one of the first Western attempts to subvert a country behind the Iron Curtain. The British liaison officer for the project in Washington was Kim Philby, a Soviet double agent who sabotaged the whole venture. In all, about 300 agents and civilians are thought to have been killed in the disastrous operation.

The story was first pieced together...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476663793
• ISBN13: 9781476663791
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher