Soviet Defectors: The KGB Wanted ListThe topic of defection is taboo in the USSR, and the Soviets, are anxious to silence, downplay, or distort every case of defection. Surprisingly, Vladislav Krasnov reports, the free world has often played along with these Soviet efforts by treating defection primarily as a secretive matter best left to bureaucrats. As a result, defectors' human rights have sometimes been violated, and U.S. national security interests have been poorly served. |
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Kasutaja arvustus - Not Available - Book VerdictKrasnov, himself a Soviet defector and head of Russian Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, examines "the scope, character, and patterns of defection'' from 1945 through 1969 ... Read full review
Contents
4 The KGB Wanted List A General Characterization | |
Defections Under Stalin Khrushchev and Brezhnev | |
Defection and Legal Emigration | |
Trends in Post1969 Defection | |
Defection and Détente | |
Conclusion | |
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| Pealkiri | Soviet Defectors: The KGB Wanted List |
| Autor | Vladislav Krasnov |
| Publisher | Hoover Press, 2018 |
| ISBN | 0817982337, 9780817982331 |
| Length | 288 pages |
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