New Nobility The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB

Name: New Nobility The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB
Price: 3.64 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781610390552

ISBN-10: 1610390555

ISBN-13: 9781610390552

Edition: N/A

Authors: Andrei Soldatov, Irina Borogan

List price: $16.99

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $14.60

Marketplace

5 new & used from $3.64

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

The security services have played a central--and often mysterious--role at key turning points in Russia during the tumultuous years following the Soviet collapse: from the Moscow apartment house bombings and theater siege, to the war in Chechnya and the Beslan school massacre. In this riveting investigation, two intrepid journalists penetrate the secret world of the FSB and illustrate how the security services have evolved into a ruthless, violently powerful force that is inextricably woven into modern Russia's fundamental makeup, and has become more shadowy than its predecessor, the Soviet KGB.

Book details

List price: $16.99
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 9/13/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 318
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Foreword




The FSB Regains Power


Introduction



The Dawn of a New Era: The Birth of the FSB



Friends in High Places: Cultivating the Security Services



"The Interests of the State Demand It": Spymaria



The Threat Within: Infiltrating Countermovements



Targeting Extremism: The Rise of "Watchdog Surveillance



Living Off the Fat of the Land: The New Elite



The Love of the Game: The FSB and National Sport



The Renaissance of Yuri Andropov



The Propaganda Machine: Image-Making and the FSB



The Secret Underground



Lefortovo Prison



Response to Terrorism



The Nord-Ost Siege



The Beslan Crisis



The Russian Response



Extrajudicial Killings



Activity Abroad



Assassinations



FSB Intelligence



Hackers


Conclusion








Acknowledgments


Notes


Index


About the Authors