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When intelligence officers defect, they take with them privileged information and often communicate it to the receiving state.

Title Soviet defectors : revelations of renegade intelligence officers, 1924-1954 / Kevin P. Riehle. [electronic resource]
Publisher Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
Creation Date 2020
Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Oct 2020).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Early Defectors, 1924–1930 -- 2. Yezhovshchina-Era Defectors, 1937–1940 -- 3. World War II-Era Defectors, 1941–1946 -- 4. Early Cold War Defectors, 1947–1951 -- 5. Post-Stalin Purge Defectors, 1953–1954 -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Organisational Changes in Soviet Intelligence and State Security, 1918–1954 -- Bibliography -- Index
Series Intelligence, surveillance and secret warfare
Extent 1 online resource (vii, 327 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language English
National Library system number 997010707639105171
MARC RECORDS
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