Soviet Defectors

The KGB Wanted List

von Vladislav Krasnov

288 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The topic of defection is taboo in the USSR, and the Soviets, are anxious to silence, downplay, or distort every case of defection. Surprisingly, Vladislav Krasnov reports, the free world has often played along with these Soviet efforts by treating defection primarily as a secretive matter best left to bureaucrats. As a result, defectors' human rights have sometimes been violated, and U.S. national security interests have been poorly served.