The Sword And The Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive And The Secret History Of The KGB

By Christopher M. Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin, Vasilij Mitrokhin, et al.

Book Overview

The Sword and the Shield is based on one of the most extraordinary intelligence coups of recent times: a secret archive of top-level KGB documents smuggled out of the Soviet Union which the FBI has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465003109
• ISBN13: 9780465003105
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 2.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 2.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Intelligence Bible

Prof. Andrew and Vissily Mitrokhin's book became an Intelligence Bible since the first day of publication and is an absolute MUST for every professional or anyone interested in the history of Soviet Intelligence Services. You never know when we get a chance to welcome Mitrokhin-2, real life is tuffer than Hollywood, and to get out of Russia with such an archive is a very big deal. I hear the authors are finalising part II. Will be as hot and bestselling as this one, no doubt.

A great Cold War history

This book is a very clearly and interestingly written history of that part of the Cold War that does not normally appear in the media. There is a wealth of detail that will come as a surprise to many who have witnessed the events of the last half-century and wondered why some events have transpired.