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Russia's Secret Services and Their Fight for World Domination 1917-2036
Paperback edition of the acclaimed history of the Russian intelligence services and how they strove to seize power from 1917 and succeeded in 1999, turning Russia into the terrorist state it is today.
The history of Russia since 1917 has always been told as the story of the Communist Party, with the secret police as its instrument — the sword and shield of the Party. This groundbreaking book revolutionises that account. It argues that the Cheka and its successors were never ancillary but the Party's equal, locked in a century-long contest for control of the state, starting with its founder Felix Dzerzhinsky — a ruthless killer — and succeeding with Vladimir Putin in 1999. It created a unique state, a country that is run entirely by its intelligence apparatus from the smallest detail to the main policies.
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Russia's Secret Services and Their Fight for World Domination 1917-2036
Paperback edition of the acclaimed history of the Russian intelligence services and how they strove to seize power from 1917 and succeeded in 1999, turning Russia into the terrorist state it is today.
The history of Russia since 1917 has always been told as the story of the Communist Party, with the secret police as its instrument — the sword and shield of the Party. This groundbreaking book revolutionises that account. It argues that the Cheka and its successors were never ancillary but the Party's equal, locked in a century-long contest for control of the state, starting with its founder Felix Dzerzhinsky — a ruthless killer — and succeeding with Vladimir Putin in 1999. It created a unique state, a country that is run entirely by its intelligence apparatus from the smallest detail to the main policies.
