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Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations

by Richard C. S. Trahair

Pages: 474

Contributors: Richard C. S. Trahair

Publisher: Greenwood Press

Place of Publication: Westport, CT

Publication Year: 2004

Subjects: Espionage--History--20th Century--Dictionaries,Spies--Biography--Dictionaries,Cold War--Dictionaries

Table of Contents

Title Page

Contents

List of Entries

Guide to Related Topics

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Reviewing the Literature on Cold War Espionage

Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations

Chronology for Cold War Espionage

Glossary

Index

About the Author

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