Spies Without Cloaks: The Kgb's Successors
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Book Overview
This book offers a compelling and comprehensive account of what happened to the KGB when the Soviet Union collapsed and the world's most powerful and dangerous secret police organization was uncloaked. As Amy Knight shows, the KGB was renamed and reorganized several times after it was officially disbanded in December 1991--but it was not reformed. Knight's rich and lively narrative begins with the aborted August 1991 coup, led by KGB hard-liners,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0691017182
ISBN13:9780691017181
Release Date:December 1997
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:332 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 7.8" x 10.0"
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eye opener
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Amy Knight identifies a part of post-Soviet society that the citizens of that former empire need to reconsile with. The Secret Police Empire is the remnant of Bolshevik terror and corruption that eats away at what could possibly be a law based society. Knight illustrates how post Soviet leaders have tried to distance themselves from their KGB goons but hurry back when going get tough.
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