Epstein Edward J. Deception. The Invisible War Between the KGB and the CIA

Выходные данные не указаны. 1989. — 389 p.An interesting book of the use of deception by the world's intelligence agencies. This book shows that the KGB is the master of using deception to further Soviet Union's national interest. According to the author the function of intelligence agencies are not only gathering information, but also to present information AND passing disinformation to adversaries in such ways that the adversaries will react accordingly. Can the Soviet Union be trusted even in the glasnost era? Is Gorbachev merely playing out another hand in the age-old game of princes - subtle fraud carried out on an international scale? In Deception, one of Am erica's leading investigative reporters penetrates the world of double agents, disinformation, false flag assassinations, dangles, and deception loops - a world inhabited by notorious moles such as Kim Philby and renowned counterspies such as James Jesus Angleton - to discover the state of mind that encourages international deception and the mind of the state that perpetrates it. Drawing on ten years of exclusive interviews with Angleton and with Soviet defectors and other intelligence sources, Edward Jay Epstein takes the reader through the looking glass and reveals the true story behind the "war of the moles" that destroyed careers - and the counterintelligence staff of the CIA - during the 1970s. Peeling back the layers of fraud and betrayal, Deception uncovers the surprising history of the invisible wars waged by governments throughout the twentieth century: the exploits of the Soviet "Trust," which deceived the Western powers during the 1920s; Hitler's hoodwinking of the Allies during the 1930s, when Germany disguised its massive arms buildup; the successful and unsuccessful attempts by both sides to use fraud instead of force during World War II; the shattering blow that Kim Philby dealt British and American intelligence during the 1950s; the battles over the credibility of false Soviet defectors such as "Top Hat" and "Fedora," who misled the FBI during the 1960s; and the fight within the CIA over the conflicting information - or disinformation - from two Soviet defectors, Nosenko and Golitsyn. Finally, Epstein shows how deception has become a key weapon in current problems like arms control - and how "moles," not missiles, may tip the balance of power in the struggle between the superpowers in the age of glasnost.