Description
About the Author
Boris Volodarsky was born in Russia in 1955. After receiving his university diploma, he was drafted into the Soviet army as a GRU Spetsnaz officer (military intelligence, special operations) and later trained as an undercover intelligence operator, at a time in the 1980s when Soviet intelligence services were on alert to watch for US preparations for a surprise nuclear attack against the USSR. He left the Soviet Union with the onset of glasnost and perestroika and now works as a consultant for international private risk analysis and risk management companies. A member of the World Association of International Studies (WAIS) at Stanford University, Dr Volodarsky's articles and interviews are regularly published in the international media and he is the author of a number of other works on Soviet intelligence history, including most recently The KGB's Poison Factory: From Lenin to Litvinenko (2009).
Reviews
For historians of Soviet intelligence, Stalin's Agent provides a vast quantity of information. * Amy Knight, The Times Literary Supplement *
Volodarsky's researches into the context of his story are as revealing and interesting as the story itself...a significant and valuable addition. * Spectator, Alan Judd *
Meticulously researched ... the most comprehensive text so far on the topic of Soviet espionage in the inter-war period. * Andrei Znamenski, Reviews in History *
he is particularly good at capturing Russia's long-running culture of secrecy * The Weekend Australian *
guaranteed to keep you thinking * Northern Echo, Steve Craggs *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199656585
Author Boris Volodarsky
Format Hardback
Page Count 832
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1340g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 162mm * 48mm