Kevin Riehle

Soviet Defectors (eBook, PDF)

Revelations of Renegade Intelligence Officers, 1924-1954

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An analysis of the insider information and insights that over eighty Soviet intelligence officer defectors revealed during the first half of the Soviet periodIdentifies 88 Soviet intelligence officer defectors for the period 1917 to 1954, representing a variety of specializations; the most comprehensive list of Soviet intelligence officer defectors compiled to date. Shows the evolution of Soviet threat perceptions and the development of the "e;main enemy"e; concept in the Soviet national security system. Shows fluctuations in the Soviet recruitment and vetting of personnel for sensitive national security positions, corresponding with fluctuations in the stability of the Soviet government. Compiles for the first time corroborative primary sources in English, Russian, French, German, Finnish, Japanese, Latvian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.When intelligence officers defect, they take with them privileged information and often communicate it to the receiving state. This book identifies a group of those defectors from the Soviet elite - intelligence officers - and provides an aggregate analysis of their information to uncover Stalin's strategic priorities and concerns, thus to open a window into Stalin's impenetrable national security decision making. This book uses their information to define Soviet threat perceptions and national security anxieties during Stalin's time as Soviet leader.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474467254
• Artikelnr.: 72428721

Autorenporträt

Kevin P. Riehle is Associate Professor at the National Intelligence University. He has spent over 28 years in the U.S. government as a counterintelligence analyst studying foreign intelligence services.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter One: Early Defectors, 1924-1930
Interim Period from 1930 to 1937
Chapter Two: Yezhovshchina-Era Defectors, 1937-1940
Chapter Three: World War II-Era Defectors, 1941-1946
Chapter Four: Early Cold War Defectors, 1947-1951
Chapter Six: Conclusion
Appendix A: Organizational Changes in Soviet Intelligence and State Security, 1918-1954
Bibliography.