Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations

(Hardback)

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Cold War espionage was a nightmare of errors, deceptions, assassinations and treachery. As fascinating as it was lethal, this labyrinthine world is still masked in mystery. A good deal is known and knowable, however, and this encyclopedia offers the latest and most up-to-date information available, drawn from scholarship, memoirs, and journalism. Everybody spied on everybody else during the Cold War. France had agents in the U.S., China had agents in East Germany, Poland had agents in Great Britain, and the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. had agents everywhere - in governments, in industry, in the military, and within each other's, and their own, intelligence agencies. Close to three hundred A-to-Z entries provide a fascinating glimpse into the subterranean world, events, people and operations of the Cold War. Every entry concludes with a bibliography, and is thoroughly cross-referenced. The work also contains an extensive annotated chronology, and is thoroughly indexed.

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[T]rahair's book is concise, thorough, and well written. The paucity of recent reference sources on this topic make its purchase worthwhile. General readers; lower-division undergraduates.-Choice
An encyclopedia A-Z organization allows quick reference to scandals, spies, assassins' covert operatations, victims and agents, using extensive cross-referencing along with bibliographic references to ease the researcher's job.-Donovan's Bookshelf
The Encyclopedia illuminates ... many a dark corner of contemporary history, and would be a useful addition to reference collections interestd in the field.-Reference Reviews
This intriguing encyclopedia looks at key players in cold war espionage activities, reviews their activities during the cold war period, and explains what occurred because of those activities....A solid piece of work, the encyclopedia would be a good choice for public library where there is interest in the subject area. Colleges and universities with programs in modern history, government policy, and security and intelligence will find it a good introductory source.-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"Trahair's book is concise, thorough, and well written. The paucity of recent reference sources on this topic make its purchase worthwhile. General readers; lower-division undergraduates."-Choice
"[T]rahair's book is concise, thorough, and well written. The paucity of recent reference sources on this topic make its purchase worthwhile. General readers; lower-division undergraduates."-Choice
"An encyclopedia A-Z organization allows quick reference to scandals, spies, assassins' covert operatations, victims and agents, using extensive cross-referencing along with bibliographic references to ease the researcher's job."-Donovan's Bookshelf
"The Encyclopedia illuminates ... many a dark corner of contemporary history, and would be a useful addition to reference collections interestd in the field."-Reference Reviews
"This intriguing encyclopedia looks at key players in cold war espionage activities, reviews their activities during the cold war period, and explains what occurred because of those activities....A solid piece of work, the encyclopedia would be a good choice for public library where there is interest in the subject area. Colleges and universities with programs in modern history, government policy, and security and intelligence will find it a good introductory source."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

Author Bio

RICHARD C.S. TRAHAIR is Social Research Advisor and Consulting Psychologist at La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia. He is the author of From Aristotelian to Reaganomics: A Dictionary of Eponyms with Biographies in the Social Sciences (Greenwood, 1994) and Utopia and Utopians: An Historical Dictionary (Greenwood, 1999).