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    Near and Distant Neighbors: A New History of Soviet Intelligence
    Near and Distant Neighbors: A New History of Soviet Intelligence
    Near and Distant Neighbors: A New History of Soviet Intelligence
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    Near and Distant Neighbors: A New History of Soviet Intelligence

    Written by Jonathan Haslam

    Narrated by Shaun Grindell

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    About this audiobook

    Previous histories have focused on the KGB, leaving military intelligence and the special service-which specialized in codes and ciphers-lurking in the shadows. Drawing on previously neglected Russian sources, Haslam reveals how both were in fact crucial to the survival of the Soviet state. This was especially true after Stalin's death in 1953, as the Cold War heated up and dedicated Communist agents the regime had relied upon-Klaus Fuchs, the Rosenbergs, Donald Maclean-were betrayed. In the wake of these failures, Khrushchev and his successors discarded ideological recruitment in favor of blackmail and bribery. The tactical turn was so successful that we can draw only one conclusion: the West ultimately triumphed despite, not because of, the espionage war.

    In bringing to light the obscure inhabitants of an undercover intelligence world, Haslam offers a surprising and unprecedented portrayal of Soviet success that is not only fascinating but also essential to understanding Vladimir Putin's power today.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateSep 30, 2015
    ISBN9781494581794
    Near and Distant Neighbors: A New History of Soviet Intelligence
    Author

    Jonathan Haslam

    Jonathan Haslam is Professor of the History of International Relations at Cambridge University, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He was a visiting professor at Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, and is a member of the society of scholars at the Johns Hopkins University. His previous work includes Russia’s Cold War: From the October Revolution to the Fall of the Wall, No Virtue Like Necessity: Realist Thought in International Relations Since Machiavelli, The Vices of Integrity: E. H. Carr, 1892–1982, and several histories of Soviet foreign policy in the 1930s.

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    • 4/5
      Very good and informative historical content. The narrative is a bit disjointed. Also the narration is very poor, with mispronounced words all over the place.