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A detailed appraisal of how the Soviet Union handled undercover operations from the communist revolution in 1917 until the end of the cold war. The most gripping chapters focus on the chaos that was unleashed by Josef Stalin. Books of the Year 2015, The Economist ... he publication of [Haslam's] wide-ranging research ... should be warmly welcomed. Oleg Gordievsky, Literary Review This is an impressive book that has the merit of making the history of Soviet intelligence accessible to a wider scholarly audience. SEER

Praise for Russia's Cold War Jonathan Haslam has produced the first comprehensive account of Soviet policy between the October Revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall, using an astonishing array of original materials that take readers into the heart of decision-making in Moscow and its satellites. --Michael Burleigh, The Sunday Telegraph

... he publication of [Haslam's] wide-ranging research ... should be warmly welcomed. Oleg Gordievsky, Literary Review

A detailed appraisal of how the Soviet Union handled undercover operations from the communist revolution in 1917 until the end of the cold war. The most gripping chapters focus on the chaos that was unleashed by Josef Stalin. * Books of the Year 2015, The Economist * ... he publication of [Haslam's] wide-ranging research ... should be warmly welcomed. * Oleg Gordievsky, Literary Review * This is an impressive book that has the merit of making the history of Soviet intelligence accessible to a wider scholarly audience. * SEER *

A detailed appraisal of how the Soviet Union handled undercover operations from the communist revolution in 1917 until the end of the cold war. The most gripping chapters focus on the chaos that was unleashed by Josef Stalin. Books of the Year 2015, The Economist ... he publication of [Haslam's] wide-ranging research ... should be warmly welcomed. Oleg Gordievsky, Literary Review

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Jonathan Haslam is the George F. Kennan Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and Professor Emeritus in the History of International Relations at Cambridge University. He is the author of many books on the history of Soviet foreign policy, a biography of E.H. Carr and a history of realist thought in international relations since Machiavelli. He was educated at the London School of Economics and Trinity College, Cambridge. He has been Visiting Professor at several US universities, including Harvard, Yale and Stanford. He is married with one son.

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