Bibliograph

Agents of influence, how the KGB subverted Western democracies, Mark Hollingsworth

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Agents of influence, how the KGB subverted Western democracies, Mark Hollingsworth

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-277) and index

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illustrationsplatesportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Agents of influence

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Mark Hollingsworth

Sub title

how the KGB subverted Western democracies

Summary

There's no such thing as a former KGB man. Agents of Influence reveals the secret history of an intelligence agency gone out of control, accountable to no one but itself and intent on subverting Western politics on a near-inconceivable scale. In 1985, 1,300 KGB officers were stationed in the USA. The FBI only had 350 counter-intelligence officers. Since the early days of the Cold War, the KGB seduced parliamentarians and diplomats, infiltrated the highest echelons of the Civil Service, and planted fake news in papers across the world. More disturbingly, it never stopped. Putin is a KGB man through and through. Journalist Mark Hollingworth reveals how disinformation, kompromat and secret surveillance continue to play key roles in Russia's war with Ukraine. It seems frighteningly easy to destabilise Western democracy

Target audience

adult

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