SMERSH : Stalin's secret weapon : Soviet military counterintelligence in WWII /: Stalin's secret weapon : Soviet military counterintelligence in WWII. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Soviet military counterintelligence in WWII
• Further Information: Note: Vadim J. Birstein ; foreword by Nigel West.
• Other Names: Birstein, Vadim J
• Contents: The big picture -- The roots of SMERSH -- Military counterintelligence: July 1941-April 1943 -- German intelligence services at the Eastern front -- The birth of SMERSH -- SMERSH in action: 1943-44 -- Towards Berlin -- The end of WWII -- SMERSH after the war: 1945-46 -- Epilogue: the road to the top: Abakumov becomes a minister.
• Publisher Details: London : Biteback Pub
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 512 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations, portraits
• Subjects: 940.548647; Intelligence service -- Soviet Union -- History; World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Soviet Union; Service des renseignements -- URSS -- Histoire; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Service secret -- URSS; HISTORY -- Europe -- Western; Intelligence service; Secret service; Spionageabwehr; Weltkrieg; Soviet Union; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781849546898; 1849546894
• Related ISBNs: 9781849541084; 1849541086; 9781849545679; 1849545677
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-494) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.