Soviet Defectors : : Revelations of Renegade Intelligence Officers, 1924-1954 / / Kevin Riehle.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Riehle, Kevin,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare : ISSW
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures and Tables --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1. Early Defectors, 1924–1930 --; 2. Yezhovshchina-Era Defectors, 1937–1940 --; 3. World War II-Era Defectors, 1941–1946 --; 4. Early Cold War Defectors, 1947–1951 --; 5. Post-Stalin Purge Defectors, 1953–1954 --; Conclusion --; Appendix: Organisational Changes in Soviet Intelligence and State Security, 1918–1954 --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474467254; 9783110780413
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474467254
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Kevin Riehle.

An analysis of the insider information and insights that over eighty Soviet intelligence officer defectors revealed during the first half of the Soviet periodIdentifies 88 Soviet intelligence officer defectors for the period 1917 to 1954, representing a variety of specializations; the most comprehensive list of Soviet intelligence officer defectors compiled to date.Shows the evolution of Soviet threat perceptions and the development of the main enemy" concept in the Soviet national security system. Shows fluctuations in the Soviet recruitment and vetting of personnel for sensitive national security positions, corresponding with fluctuations in the stability of the Soviet government. Compiles for the first time corroborative primary sources in English, Russian, French, German, Finnish, Japanese, Latvian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. When intelligence officers defect, they take with them privileged information and often communicate it to the receiving state. This book identifies a group of those defectors from the Soviet elite - intelligence officers - and provides an aggregate analysis of their information to uncover Stalin’s strategic priorities and concerns, thus to open a window into Stalin’s impenetrable national security decision making. This book uses their information to define Soviet threat perceptions and national security anxieties during Stalin’s time as Soviet leader."