Spies : the epic intelligence war between East and West / Calder Walton.

"Spies is the history of the secret war that Russia and the West have been waging for a century. Espionage, sabotage, and subversion were the Kremlin's means to equalize the imbalance of resources between the East and West before, during, and after the Cold War. There was nothing "unprecedented" abo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walton, Calder (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 2023.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Espionage > History > 20th century.
Espionage > History > 21st century.
Intelligence service > Soviet Union > History.
Intelligence service > Russia (Federation) > History.
Intelligence service > United States > History.
Intelligence service > China > History.
East and West.
Cold War.
World politics > 1989-
Espionnage > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Espionnage > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Service des renseignements > URSS > Histoire.
Service des renseignements > Russie > Histoire.
Service des renseignements > Chine > Histoire.
Guerre froide.
Politique mondiale > 1989-
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
HISTORY / Military / Strategy.
Espionage.
Intelligence service.
World politics.
China.
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union.
United States.
Espionage > History.
Intelligence service > United States.
Cold war.
World politics > 1991-
Since 1900
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 672 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The hundred-year intelligence war
  • Part one: The clash between dictators and democracies. Chill in the East
  • Nemesis
  • Stalin's wartime assault
  • Part two: The clash of civilizations. From world war to Cold War
  • Puzzle palaces
  • Climate of treason
  • Part three: The clash of arms. Battlegrounds
  • Rise of the machines
  • The missiles of October
  • Part four: The clash of empires. Introduction
  • Red heat
  • Sunny places, shady people
  • Dominoes
  • Part five: The clash of reigning superpowers. The main adversary
  • Collapse
  • Fallout
  • Part six: The clash of a new global order. Putin's war on the West
  • New cold war.