Richelson, Jeffrey T. Sword and Shield: The Soviet Intelligence and Security Apparatus. Cambridge MA: Ballinger Publishing, 1986. 279 pages.

Political science professor Jeffrey Richelson is one of the few writers who treats the topic of Soviet intelligence with the detached thoroughness that it ultimately deserves. Too many writers are defectors trying to earn their meal ticket with inside anecdotes, or mass-market authors who collect questionable information from Western intelligence contacts or anti-Communist ideologues.

The chapter headings include History; Structure and Functions of the KGB and GRU; The Soviet National Security Apparatus; HUMINT (officers and agents, embassy ops, cover); Technical Collection (signals intelligence, ocean and space surveillance, nuclear detection monitoring); Open Sources (political, military, and economic intelligence collection); Active Measures (forgeries, propaganda, terrorism, assassinations); Acquisition of Advanced Technology (spying as an alternative to your own R & D); Counterintelligence (penetrations, disinformation, and deception); The Warsaw Pact and Cuban Services; Internal Security; and Political Police Operations. Each of these 12 chapters has an average of 70 endnotes, frequently citing authors who are academic specialists on some aspect of the Soviet system.
ISBN 0-88730-035-9

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