World Was Going Our Way The KGB and the Battle for the the Third World: Newly Revealed Secrets from the Mitrokhin Archive

Name: World Was Going Our Way The KGB and the Battle for the the Third World: Newly Revealed Secrets from the Mitrokhin Archive
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ISBN: 9780465003136

ISBN-10: 0465003133

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Authors: Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin

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The Baltic, 1992: A shabbily dressed old man enters a British embassy with a sheaf of topsecret documents hidden at the bottom of his battered suitcase. Ex-KGB worker Vasili Mitrokhin was about to reveal the most sensational intelligence archive the world had seen. The World Was Going Our Way reveals in full the secrets of this astonishing cache, showing for the first time the extent of the KGB's influence around the world, from making friends with Fidel Castro in Cuba to starting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. For over twenty years, the KGB believed that the Third World was the arena in which it could win the Cold War against the West. Telling untold stories of conspiracies combined…

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List price: $25.00
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 10/10/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 736
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.20" long x 2.20" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English



The Evolution of the KGB, 1917-91


Abbreviations and Acronyms


The Transliteration of Russian and Arabic Names


Foreword: Vasili Mitrokhin and His Archive


Acknowledgements



Introduction: 'The World Was Going Our Way': The Soviet Union, the Cold War and the Third World


Latin America



Latin America: Introduction



'The Bridgehead', 1959-1969



'Progressive' Regimes and 'Socialism with Red Wine'



Intelligence Priorities after Allende



Revolution in Central America


The Middle East



The Middle East: Introduction



The Rise and Fall of Soviet Influence in Egypt



Iran and Iraq



The Making of the Syrian Alliance



The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen



Israel and Zionism



Middle Eastern Terrorism and the Palestinians


Asia



Asia: Introduction



The People's Republic of China: From 'Eternal Friendship' to 'Eternal Enmity'



Japan



The Special Relationship with India: Part 1: The Supremacy of the Indian National Congress



The Special Relationship with India: Part 2: The Decline and Fall of Congress



Pakistan and Bangladesh



Islam in the Soviet Union



Afghanistan: Part 1: From the 'Great April Revolution' to the Soviet Invasion



Afghanistan: Part 2: War and Defeat


Africa



Africa: Introduction



The Cold War Comes to Africa



From Optimism to Disillusion



Conclusion: The KGB in Russia and the World



KGB Chairmen, 1917-91



Heads of Foreign Intelligence, 1920-2005



The Organization of the KGB



The Organization of the KGB First Chief Directorate (Foreign Intelligence)



The Organization of a KGB Residency


Notes


Bibliography


Index