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Special Tasks : From the New Foreword by Robert Conquest Paperback - 1995
by Jerrold L. Schecter; Pavel Sudoplatov; Leona P. Schecter; Anatoli Sudoplatov
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Pavel Sudoplatov served the KGB for over 50 years, at one point controlling more than 20,000 guerrillas, moles, and spies. But his involvement with the most nefarious Soviet activities made Sudoplatov an unwanted witness, and he was arrested in 1953. Despite torture and solitary confinement he refused to "confess", disavowing any criminal actions. He spent 15 years in prison, and 20 more in rehabilitation. This is an astonishing memoir and a singular historical document of a man who knew and did too much for the Soviet empire. New Foreword by Robert Conquest. **Lightning Print On Demand Title
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- Title Special Tasks : From the New Foreword by Robert Conquest
- Author Jerrold L. Schecter; Pavel Sudoplatov; Leona P. Schecter; Anatoli Sudoplatov
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Updated
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 576
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Little Brown & Company, Boston
- Date 1995
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0316821152I5N00
- ISBN 9780316821155 / 0316821152
- Weight 1.88 lbs (0.85 kg)
- Dimensions 9.36 x 5.78 x 1.43 in (23.77 x 14.68 x 3.63 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Spies - Soviet Union, Espionage, Soviet - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96147290
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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From the rear cover
But his involvement with the most nefarious Soviet activities-- and the rulers who ordered them-- made Sudoplatov an unwanted witness, and he was arrested in 1953 after Beria's fall. Despite torture and solitary confinement he refused to "confess", disavowing any criminal actions. He spent fifteen years in prison, then struggled two decades more for rehabilitation.
"Special Tasks" is an astonishing memoir and a singular historical document of a man who knew and did too much for the Soviet empire.
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Citations
- New York Times, 08/06/1995, Page 32
- Publishers Weekly, 05/08/1995, Page 0