[PDF] Russian Hide And Seek eBook

Author : Iain Lauchlan
Publisher : Finnish Literature Society
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 31,20 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN :

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This book is a study of the operational center of Tsar Nicholas II's secret police (the Okhrana or Okhranka) during the peak of its activities and notoriety. It explores the gulf between the theory and practice of espionage, whereby attempts to create a rational bureaucratic surveillance machine clash with the unpredictable factor of human nature and its weaknesses. The author also examines the social and political friction aroused by the Okhrana during Imperial Russia's turbulent constitutional experiment. Rather than rehashing the old demonic image of a prototypical totalitarian secret police agency, Russian Hide-and-Seek places the Okhrana in its historical context: as an innovator among the Great Powers in the realms of political intelligence and counter-terrorism, striving to avert the precipitous descents into world war and revolution.

Author : Kingsley Amis
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 25,33 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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A near-future dystopia showing Britain under repressive post-communist Russian rule.

Author : Craig Boutland
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 29,80 MB
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1538227053

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Some young readers may be unfamiliar with the child-stealing witch well known to Russian folklore. After reading this captivating book, they'll know all about Baba Yaga and other legendary creatures of Russia, such as the Brosno Dragon. This high-interest volume features colorful images paired with stimulating text. Eye-catching sidebars are included throughout the book and feature even more information about these interesting stories and creatures. This innovative book is sure to be a hit with curious readers of many ages and abilities.

Author : Charles Duelfer
Publisher : Public Affairs
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 11,97 MB
Release : 2009-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1586485571

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A long-term intelligence expert reveals the full, behind-the-scenes story of how and why sanctions and diplomacy in Iraq were doomed to fail.

Author : Elizabeth Taylor
Publisher : Virago
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 30,30 MB
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0748131590

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'Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning-point in one's own experience' - Elizabeth Bowen, author of The Heat of the Day Intelligent and haunting, with echoes of Brief Encounter, this is a love story by one of the best British writers of the 20th century. During summer games of hide and seek Harriet falls in love with Vesey and his elusive, teasing ways. When he goes to Oxford she cherishes his photograph and waits for a letter that never comes. Years pass and Harriet stifles her dreams; with a husband and daughter, she excels at respectability. But then Vesey reappears and her marriage seems to melt away. Harriet is older, it is much too late, but she is still in love with him.

Author : Jeff Struecker
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 25,34 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1433671425

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A U.S. Foreign Affairs officer in Kyrgyzstan witnesses an abduction attempt that puts her on the run and in need of Special Ops rescue.

Author : Sergei Lebedev
Publisher : New Vessel Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 24,9 MB
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1939931916

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"A thriller dipped in poison ... shares some of le Carré’s fascination with secret worlds and the nature of evil." —The New York Times The terrifying, lengthening list of Russia’s use of lethal poisons against its critics has inspired acclaimed author Sergei Lebedev’s latest novel. With uncanny timing, he examines how and why Russia and the Soviet Union have developed horrendous neurotoxins. At its center is a ruthless chemist named Professor Kalitin, obsessed with developing an absolutely deadly, undetectable and untraceable poison for which there is no antidote. But Kalitin becomes consumed by guilt over countless deaths from his Faustian pact to create the ultimate venom. When the Soviet Union collapses, the chemist defects and is given a new identity in Western Europe. After another Russian is murdered with Kalitin's poison, his cover is blown and he's drawn into an investigation of the death by Western agents. Two special forces killers are sent to silence him―using his own undetectable poison. In this fast-paced, genre-bending tale, Lebedev weaves suspenseful pages of stunningly beautiful prose exploring the historical trajectories of evil. From Nazi labs, Stalinist plots and the Chechen Wars, to present-day Russia, Lebedev probes the ethical responsibilities of scientists supplying modern tyrants and autocrats with ever newer instruments of retribution, destruction and control.

Author : Vegas Tenold
Publisher : Bold Type Books
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 11,6 MB
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1568589956

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The dark story of the shocking resurgence of white supremacist and nationalist groups, and their path to political power Six years ago, Vegas Tenold embedded himself among the members of three of America's most ideologically extreme white nationalist groups-the KKK, the National Socialist Movement, and the Traditionalist Workers Party. At the time, these groups were part of a disorganized counterculture that felt far from the mainstream. But since then, all that has changed. Racially-motivated violence has been on open display at rallies in Charlottesville, Berkeley, Pikesville, Phoenix, and Boston. Membership in white nationalist organizations is rising, and national politicians, including the president, are validating their perceived grievances. Everything You Love Will Burn offers a terrifying, sobering inside look at these newly empowered movements, from their conventions to backroom meetings with Republican operatives. Tenold introduces us to neo-Nazis in Brooklyn; a millennial Klanswoman in Tennessee; and a rising star in the movement, nicknamed the "Little Fü by the Southern Poverty Law Center, who understands political power and is organizing a grand coalition of far-right groups to bring them into the mainstream. Everything You Love Will Burn takes readers to the dark, paranoid underbelly of America, a world in which the white race is under threat and the enemy is everywhere.

Author : Peter A. Huchthausen
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 23,47 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 162045971X

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Through dramatic incidents tells for the first time the full story of the development of Cold War naval intelligence from the end of WWII to the breakup the Soviet Union in 1991, from both sides, East and West. Unlike other accounts, which focus on submarine confrontations and accidents, the authors cover all types of naval intelligence, human collection (racing with the Soviets to capture Nazi subs, successful and losing spies and defectors), signal intelligence (surface, air, satellite and navy commando teams in balaclavas launched by speed boats from subs), acoustic (passive underwater arrays and tapping phone lines), and the aerial and space reconnaissance. The authors give details of operations in all these areas, some of which were witnessed first hand. "A new light is shed on the spy ships incidents of the 1960s and on submarine intrusions in Swedish waters. Excerpts of the Soviet Navy instructions on UFOs and accounts of Soviet naval encounters with unexplained objects are also published for the first time outside of Russia; and much more."