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Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Andrew's definitive account fundamentally revises the history of the Cold War, and sheds new light on the state of the world today. The KGB worked tirelessly for decades to foster anti-Americanism in the developing world, making this book essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the intractable hostility America faces in the ongoing war on terror.

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Andrew's definitive account fundamentally revises the history of the Cold War, and sheds new light on the state of the world today. The KGB worked tirelessly for decades to foster anti-Americanism in the developing world, making this book essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the intractable hostility America faces in the ongoing war on terror.

Compatible with any devices. 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 described, after close examination, as the "most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source. Vasili Mitrokhin, a secret dissident who worked in the KGB archive, smuggled out copies of its most highly classified files every day for twelve years.

In , a U. The archive covers the entire period from the Bolshevik Revolution to the s and includes revelations concerning almost every country in the world. Though there is top-secret material on almost every country in the world, the United States is at the top of the list.

As well as containing many fascinating revelations, this is a major contribution to the secret history of the twentieth century. Among the topics and revelations explored are: The KGB's covert operations in the United States and throughout the West, some of which remain dangerous today. The KGB's attempts to discredit civil rights leader in the s, including its infiltration of the inner circle of a key leader.

The KGB's attempts to steal technological secrets from major U. KGB covert operations against former President Ronald Reagan, which began five years before he became president. KGB spies who successfully posed as U. Christopher Andrew's new book is based on one of the most extraordinary intelligence coups of recent times: the discovery of a treasure-trove of highly classified documents which the FBI has described, after close examination, as the "most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source.

The contents of the book remain embargoed until publication. As well as containing many fascinating revelations, this is a major contribution to the secret history of t. An investigation into the intelligence and security agencies' handling of the information on the KGB and its activities from to provided by Vasili Mitrokhin, former chief archivist of the KGB.

The report investigates the key concerns of the Committee: why the British spies were not prosecuted; the method of publication of the Mitrokhin archive and its handling; and ministerial and senior official oversight.