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Agents of influence : how the KGB subverted western democracies
Hollingsworth, Mark, 1959-2023
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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.
Main title:
Agents of influence : how the KGB subverted western democracies / Mark Hollingsworth.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Oneworld, 2023.London : Oneworld, 2023.
Collation:
310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780861542161 (hbk)
Dewey class:
327.1247
Language:
English
Subject:
Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoi bezopasnosti -- HistoryFederalnaia sluzhba bezopasnosti RossiiSoviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Western countriesWestern countries -- Foreign relations -- Soviet UnionRussia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Western countriesWestern countries -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)Cold WarUkraine -- History -- Russian Invasion, 2022-Politics and GovernmentRussiaBiography: historical, political & militaryThe Cold WarSecond World WarSecret societies
BRN:
2790689