Special tasks : the memoirs of an unwanted witness, a Soviet spymaster [1994]
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Original Title
Special tasks : the memoirs of an unwanted witness, a Soviet spymaster / Pavel Sudoplatov and Anatoli Sudoplatov ; with Jerrold L. and Leona P. Schecter ; foreward by Robert Conquest.
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Language
English
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Published
Boston, Mass. : Little, Brown, c1994.
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Physical Description
xxiii, 509 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contributors
Sudoplatov, Anatolii Pavlovich.
Schecter, Jerrold L.
Schecter, Leona.
Conquest, Robert.
Contents Summary
The "broad spectrum of problems" in which Soviet intelligence officers Pavel Sudoplatov and Leonid Eitingon were engaged was truly extraordinary: kidnapping and assassination; sabotage and guerrilla warfare during World War II; the establishment of illegal networks in the United States and Western Europe; and, most crucially, atomic espionage in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada.
Special Tasks, the astonishing memoir of Pavel Sudoplatov, is a singular historical document. Among its revelations: How Western scientists Oppenheimer, Fermi, Szilard, Gamow, and Pontecorvo provided, or knowingly allowed transfer of, scientific information essential to the USSR's atom bomb project; how on Stalin's direct orders Sudoplatov organized Trotsky's assassination; the Rosenbergs' real role in Soviet atomic espionage; how Raoul Wallenberg died; how Sudoplatov planted a mole to feed disinformation to the German high command; why Stalin invented the Doctor's Plot and Zionist conspiracy, how he destroyed Soviet Jewry; how Stalin created the Berlin crisis to keep Truman from using nuclear weapons against the imminent Chinese Communist victory; and how Khrushchev and his colleagues engineered Beria's arrest and execution to whitewash their own complicity in Stalin's crimes.
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Subject Terms
Intelligence service -> Soviet Union -> Biography.
Spies -> Soviet Union -> Biography.
Espionage, Soviet -> History -> 20th century.
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Note
Includes index.
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Content
Foreword / Robert Conquest -- Introduction / Jerrold L. Schecter and Leona P. Schecter -- Evolution of the Soviet Security and Intelligence Service -- Prologue: Revealing a Secret -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. Spain: Crucible for Revolution and Purges -- 3. Purge Years -- 4. The Assassination of Trotsky -- 5. Stalin and Hitler: Prelude to War -- 6. The Great Patriotic War: Deception Games and Guerrilla Warfare -- 7. Atomic Spies -- 8. The Cold War -- 9. Raoul Wallenberg, LAB X, and Other Special Tasks -- 10. The Jews: California in the Crimea -- 11. Final Years Under Stalin, 1946-1953 -- 12. The Fall of Beria and My Arrest -- 13. The Trial -- Appendix One: Stalin's Visitors, June 21 and June 22, 1941 -- Appendix Two: Atomic Espionage Documents, 1941-1946 -- Appendix Three: Technical Aspects of the American Atomic Bomb Project -- Appendix Four: First American Atomic Bomb Test -- Appendix Five: Basis for the Katyn Forest Massacre -- Appendix Six: Rehabilitation Documents of Pavel Sudoplatov.
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ISBN
0316773522 :
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| Item Type | Current Location | Collection | Call Number | Volume Info | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | OSA Archivum Library | General collection | 327.1/2/0924 20 SUD | - | General Stacks | Donation of Victor M. Fic. With handwritten notes of the donor. |
Special tasks : the memoirs of an unwanted witness, a Soviet spymaster [1994]
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BookGeneral Information
Author
Sudoplatov, Pavel, 1907-1996.
General Information
Original Title
Special tasks : the memoirs of an unwanted witness, a Soviet spymaster / Pavel Sudoplatov and Anatoli Sudoplatov ; with Jerrold L. and Leona P. Schecter ; foreward by Robert Conquest.
General Information
Language
English
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Published
Boston, Mass. : Little, Brown, c1994.
General Information
Physical Description
xxiii, 509 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contributors
Sudoplatov, Anatolii Pavlovich.
Schecter, Jerrold L.
Schecter, Leona.
Conquest, Robert.
Contents Summary
The "broad spectrum of problems" in which Soviet intelligence officers Pavel Sudoplatov and Leonid Eitingon were engaged was truly extraordinary: kidnapping and assassination; sabotage and guerrilla warfare during World War II; the establishment of illegal networks in the United States and Western Europe; and, most crucially, atomic espionage in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada.
Special Tasks, the astonishing memoir of Pavel Sudoplatov, is a singular historical document. Among its revelations: How Western scientists Oppenheimer, Fermi, Szilard, Gamow, and Pontecorvo provided, or knowingly allowed transfer of, scientific information essential to the USSR's atom bomb project; how on Stalin's direct orders Sudoplatov organized Trotsky's assassination; the Rosenbergs' real role in Soviet atomic espionage; how Raoul Wallenberg died; how Sudoplatov planted a mole to feed disinformation to the German high command; why Stalin invented the Doctor's Plot and Zionist conspiracy, how he destroyed Soviet Jewry; how Stalin created the Berlin crisis to keep Truman from using nuclear weapons against the imminent Chinese Communist victory; and how Khrushchev and his colleagues engineered Beria's arrest and execution to whitewash their own complicity in Stalin's crimes.
Subjects
Subject
Sudoplatov, Pavel, 1907-1996.
Subjects
Subject Terms
Intelligence service -> Soviet Union -> Biography.
Spies -> Soviet Union -> Biography.
Espionage, Soviet -> History -> 20th century.
Bibliographic Information
Note
Includes index.
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Content
Foreword / Robert Conquest -- Introduction / Jerrold L. Schecter and Leona P. Schecter -- Evolution of the Soviet Security and Intelligence Service -- Prologue: Revealing a Secret -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. Spain: Crucible for Revolution and Purges -- 3. Purge Years -- 4. The Assassination of Trotsky -- 5. Stalin and Hitler: Prelude to War -- 6. The Great Patriotic War: Deception Games and Guerrilla Warfare -- 7. Atomic Spies -- 8. The Cold War -- 9. Raoul Wallenberg, LAB X, and Other Special Tasks -- 10. The Jews: California in the Crimea -- 11. Final Years Under Stalin, 1946-1953 -- 12. The Fall of Beria and My Arrest -- 13. The Trial -- Appendix One: Stalin's Visitors, June 21 and June 22, 1941 -- Appendix Two: Atomic Espionage Documents, 1941-1946 -- Appendix Three: Technical Aspects of the American Atomic Bomb Project -- Appendix Four: First American Atomic Bomb Test -- Appendix Five: Basis for the Katyn Forest Massacre -- Appendix Six: Rehabilitation Documents of Pavel Sudoplatov.
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Library Special Collection
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ISBN
0316773522 :
Holdings
Book - 327.1/2/0924 20 SUD
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Book
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OSA Archivum Library
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OSA Archivum Library
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327.1/2/0924 20 SUD
Volume Info
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Public Note
Donation of Victor M. Fic. With handwritten notes of the donor.