The Mitrokhin Archive

'One of the biggest intelligence coups in recent years' The Times For years KGB operative Vasili Mitrokhin risked his life hiding top-secret material from Russian secret service archives beneath his family dacha. When he was exfiltrated to the West he took with him what the FBI called 'the most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source'. This extraordinary bestselling book is the result. 'Co-authored in a brilliant partnership by Christopher Andrew and the renegade Soviet archivist himself ... This is a truly global expose of major KGB penetrations throughout the Western world' The Times 'This tale of malevolent spymasters, intricate tradecraft and cold-eyed betrayal reads like a cold war novel' Time 'Sensational ... the most informed and detailed study of Soviet subversive intrigues worldwide' Spectator 'The most comprehensive addition to the subject ever published' Sunday Telegraph

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin, Mitrokhin Vasili
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.06.2018
• EAN: 9780141989488
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198948-8
• No. of pages: 1040
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 44 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; True Crime / Espionage, HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Military intelligence, Espionage and secret services, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, The Cold War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts