SMERSH: Stalin's Secret Weapon: Soviet military counterintelligence in WWII
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
SMERSH: Stalin's Secret Weapon: Soviet military counterintelligence in WWII
By (Author) Vadim J. Birstein
Biteback Publishing
Biteback Publishing
1st October 2013
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Modern warfare
Espionage and secret services
Cold wars and proxy conflicts
European history
940.548647
Physical Properties
Paperback
508
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Description
In the early James Bond novels 007 is pitched against SMERSH, a top secret Soviet agency dedicated to the subversion of the West and the assassination of Western spies. Ian Fleming took his inspiration from true life, but the real Smersh was far more savage than Bond's fictional nemesis.
SMERSH is the acronym for the Russian words 'Death to spies', the name of the Soviet counterintelligence organisation dedicated to the elimination of anti-communist activity during the World War II.
Author Bio
Dr Vadim J. Birstein is a historian, human rights activist and molecular geneticist. SMERSH: Stalin's Secret Weapon won the inaugural St. Ermin's Hotel Intelligence Book of the Year Award for 2012 and was a BBC History Magazine book of the year.
