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Deception: Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West
From the capture of Sidney Reilly, the "Ace of Spies," by Lenin's Bolsheviks in 1925 to the deportation from the U.S. of Anna Chapman, the "Redhead Under the Bed," in 2010, Kremlin and Western spymasters have battled for supremacy for nearly a century. Edward Lucas persuasively demonstrates that "for most of the past decades, the Kremlin's spymasters have run rings around their Western adversaries"-and continue to do so well after the Cold War ended. Lucas reveals unknown triumphs and disasters of Western intelligence, providing the background for the new world of industrial and political espionage. Once the threat from Moscow was international communism; now it comes from the siloviki, Russia's ruthless "men of power." "The outcome," argues Lucas, "will determine whether the West brings Russia toward its standards of liberty, legality, and cooperation, or whether Russia will shape the West's future as we accommodate (or even adopt) the authoritarian crony capitalism that is the Moscow regime's hallmark."
Book Details
- Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
- Publish Date: Dec 17th, 2013
- Pages: 400
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.22in - 5.70in - 1.04in - 0.80lb
- EAN: 9781620403099
- Categories: • Intelligence & Espionage• Russia - General• Espionage
About the Author
Lucas, Edward: - Edward Lucas covered Eastern Europe for The Economist for over twenty years, witnessing the end of the last Cold War, the parting of the Iron Curtain, and, as the Moscow bureau chief, covered Boris Yeltsin's reign and Vladimir Putin's rise to power. He is the author of The New Cold War; Cyberphobia: Identity, Trust, Security and the Internet; and Deception: Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West. He lives in London, England.
Praise for this book
"Anyone who imagines that Mr. Obama's 'reset' has done much to change [our relationship with Russia] should read this sobering book." --The Wall Street Journal
"An important and urgent book." --The Moscow Times "Convincing and unsettling....This enormously complex material is made understandable and riveting by Lucas' expertise and his passion for exposing this threat." --Booklist "Deeply researched.... An urgent call for the West to shake off complacency and protect itself from being duped." --Kirkus "A well-researched, engaging, and eerie collection of reportage and cultural analysis.... a harrowing read." --Publishers Weekly