The World Was Going Our Way

The KGB and the Battle for the Third World
by Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin
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Based on smuggled secret documents, the explosive story of the KGB’s battle for dominance in the Third World. 

“Astonishing ... One of the biggest intelligence coups in recent years.” ―Times (UK) 


The Baltic, 1992: A shabbily dressed old man enters a British embassy with a sheaf of top-secret documents hidden...
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Published By Basic Books

Format Paperback

Number Of Pages 736

Publication Date 10/10/2006

ISBN 9780465003136

Dimensions 6.25 inches x 9.2 inches


“A skillful and comprehensive account of KGB ‘active measures,’ ‘dirty tricks,’ and signal human intelligence gathering everywhere from Latin America and Africa to Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, and ‘unofficial Islam’ inside the Soviet Union itself.”—Foreign Affairs

“Revelatory.”—NPR

“A well-written, highly engrossing narrative of the KGB program to win the Cold War through domination of the Third World.”—Philadelphia Inquirer

“Astonishing ... One of the biggest intelligence coups in recent years.”—Times (UK)

“The long-awaited second tranche from the KGB archive ... co-authored by our leading authority on the secret machinations of the Evil Empire.”—Sunday Times (UK)

“Engaging .... Sheds new light on the hidden history of the Cold War.”—Publishers Weekly

 
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