Sacred secrets : how Soviet intelligence operations changed American history / Jerrold and Leona Schecter ; foreword by Strobe Talbott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schecter, Jerrold L.

Contributor:

Schecter, Leona.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Signal Security Agency.

Soviet Union. Glavnoe razvedyvatelʹnoe upravlenie.

Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti.

Espionage, Soviet--United States--History--Sources.

Espionage, Soviet.

Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti--History.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union. Glavnoe razvedyvatelʹnoe upravlenie--History.

United States. Signal Security Agency--History.

United States.

Cryptography--United States--History--20th century.

Cryptography.

World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography.

World War, 1939-1945.

International relations.

History.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States--History--Sources.

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union--History--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 403 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, [2002]

Summary:

-- Includes new evidence obtained from Russian archives and original interviews with U.S. and Russian intelligence officers

-- Offers new evidence of Oppenheimer's role in atomic espionage

The opening of classified archives has revealed "sacred secrets" that many Cold Warriors carried to their graves. These revelations challenge our understanding of significant historical events. In Sacred Secrets, the authors cast new light on such issues as the attack on Pearl Harbor, atomic espionage, Alger Hiss, McCarthyism, and the Rosenbergs. The reader emerges with a startling awareness of the profound influence an aggressive Soviet intelligence service exerted on U.S. domestic and foreign policy.

Contents:

1 Stalin's Intelligence Game: Playing the United States and Japan against Each Other 1

2 Operation Snow 22

3 The War Years 46

4 Nuclear Furies: A Love Affair and a Storm of Controversy 68

5 Opening VENONA 90

6 Truman Wrestles an Ogre Named VENONA 110

7 VENONA Hits Pay Dirt 134

8 Cases of the Century 158

9 The Fifties 189

10 The Beginning of the End of the Soviet Empire 207

11 The Secrets of Khrushchev's Memoirs 226

12 The Overflight Wars 261

13 Deception and Revelation 288

Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Forward 299.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-380) and index.

ISBN:

1574883275

OCLC:

48375744