The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World

by Alexander J. Kent, John Davies, John Davies

Book Overview

Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, its legacy and the accompanying Russian-American tension continues to loom large. Russia's access to detailed information on the United States and its allies may not seem so shocking in this day of data clouds and leaks, but long before we had satellite imagery of any neighborhood at a finger's reach, the amount the Soviet government knew about your family's city, street, and even your home would...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022638957X
• ISBN13: 9780226389578
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 9.2"