1 option
Agents of influence : how the KGB subverted Western democracies / Mark Hollingsworth.
Van Pelt Library JN6529.I6 H65 2023
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hollingsworth, Mark, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti--History.
- Soviet Union.
- Federalʹnai︠a︡ sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossii.
- Cold War.
- Intelligence service--Soviet Union.
- Intelligence service.
- Intelligence service--Russia (Federation).
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Western countries.
- Western countries--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- Western countries.
- Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--Western countries.
- Russia (Federation).
- Western countries--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation).
- Ukraine--History--Russian Invasion, 2022-.
- Ukraine.
- Federalʹnai͡a sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossii.
- Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Oneworld, 2023.
- Summary:
- There's no such thing as a former KGB man. Agents of Influence reveals the secret history of an intelligence agency gone out of control, accountable to no one but itself and intent on subverting Western politics on a near-inconceivable scale. In 1985, 1,300 KGB officers were stationed in the USA. The FBI only had 350 counter-intelligence officers. Since the early days of the Cold War, the KGB seduced parliamentarians and diplomats, infiltrated the highest echelons of the Civil Service, and planted fake news in papers across the world. More disturbingly, it never stopped. Putin is a KGB man through and through. Journalist Mark Hollingworth reveals how disinformation, kompromat and secret surveillance continue to play key roles in Russia's war with Ukraine. It seems frighteningly easy to destabilise Western democracy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-277) and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780861542161
- 0861542169
- OCLC:
- 1371816000
- Publisher Number:
- 99994173131
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.