Jonathan Haslam is the George F. Kennan Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and Professor Emeritus in the History of International Relations at Cambridge University. He is the author of many books on the history of Soviet foreign policy, a biography of E.H. Carr and a history of realist thought in international relations since Machiavelli. He was educated at the London School of Economics and Trinity College, Cambridge. He has been Visiting Professor at several US universities, including Harvard, Yale and Stanford. He is married with one son.

• Preface ; 1. Starting from Scratch ; 2. But Who Was the Enemy? ; 3. Signals Intelligence: a Poor But Demanding Stepchild ; 4. What German Threat? ; 5. Tested in War ; 6. Cold War Advantage ; 7. Black Out ; 8. Holding the Lead in Germany ; 9. Loss of Faith ; 10. The Computer Gap ; 11. Pride Before the Fall ; Conclusions: Aftermath

A detailed appraisal of how the Soviet Union handled undercover operations from the communist revolution in 1917 until the end of the cold war. The most gripping chapters focus on the chaos that was unleashed by Josef Stalin.

Jonathan Haslam is the George F. Kennan Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and Professor Emeritus in the History of International Relations at Cambridge University. He is the author of many books on the history of Soviet foreign policy, a biography of E.H. Carr and a history of realist thought in international relations since Machiavelli. He was educated at the London School of Economics and Trinity College, Cambridge. He has been Visiting Professor at several US universities, including Harvard, Yale and Stanford. He is married with one son.

• Preface ; 1. Starting from Scratch ; 2. But Who Was the Enemy? ; 3. Signals Intelligence: a Poor But Demanding Stepchild ; 4. What German Threat? ; 5. Tested in War ; 6. Cold War Advantage ; 7. Black Out ; 8. Holding the Lead in Germany ; 9. Loss of Faith ; 10. The Computer Gap ; 11. Pride Before the Fall ; Conclusions: Aftermath

A detailed appraisal of how the Soviet Union handled undercover operations from the communist revolution in 1917 until the end of the cold war. The most gripping chapters focus on the chaos that was unleashed by Josef Stalin.

Jonathan Haslam is the George F. Kennan Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and Professor Emeritus in the History of International Relations at Cambridge University. He is the author of many books on the history of Soviet foreign policy, a biography of E.H. Carr and a history of realist thought in international relations since Machiavelli. He was educated at the London School of Economics and Trinity College, Cambridge. He has been Visiting Professor at several US universities, including Harvard, Yale and Stanford. He is married with one son.

• Preface ; 1. Starting from Scratch ; 2. But Who Was the Enemy? ; 3. Signals Intelligence: a Poor But Demanding Stepchild ; 4. What German Threat? ; 5. Tested in War ; 6. Cold War Advantage ; 7. Black Out ; 8. Holding the Lead in Germany ; 9. Loss of Faith ; 10. The Computer Gap ; 11. Pride Before the Fall ; Conclusions: Aftermath

A detailed appraisal of how the Soviet Union handled undercover operations from the communist revolution in 1917 until the end of the cold war. The most gripping chapters focus on the chaos that was unleashed by Josef Stalin.