Paperback. White title and hammer and sickle on the orange cover.

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For conditions, please view the photographs. Edition New English Library, First Impression, 1975. 352 pages, size: 17.7 x 10.8 x 2 cm. Just light tan to paper edges. Other than that, the book remains in very good condition: Soft cover in good form; text all clean, neat and tight.

Dated, but increasingly rare book. A marvellous readable historical account of the Secret Service in Russia from Ivan the Terrible dreaded Oprichniki right up to the KGB of today Stories of fabulous spies, agents provocateurs and double agents abound – stories like that of astonishing “Lucy” network during World War 2. Most fascinating of all is the insight into USSR’s newest espionage tactic enabling their infiltration of the CIA