Spying on the nuclear bear : Anglo-American intelligence and the Soviet bomb / Michael S. Goodman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodman, Michael S.

Series:

Stanford nuclear age series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Espionage, American--History--20th century.

Espionage, American.

History.

Espionage, British--History--20th century.

Espionage, British.

Nuclear weapons information.

Nuclear weapons--Soviet Union.

Nuclear weapons.

Soviet Union.

Cold War.

Physical Description:

xv, 295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Based on previously unavailable sources, this book reveals the Anglo-American intelligence effort to penetrate the most secret domain of the Soviet government--its nuclear weapons program.

Contents:

1 Intelligence to Joe-1 7

2 Joe-1 and Beyond 36

3 Atomic Spies and Defectors 57

4 Detecting the Soviet Bomb 86

5 Renewed Collaboration: Atomic Intelligence, 1950-1954 130

6 Atomic Intelligence in the Missile Age, 1954-1958 166.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-286) and index.

ISBN:

9780804755856

080475585X

OCLC:

79002457