Kevin P. Riehle (2022) Russian Intelligence: A Case-Based Study of Russian Services and Missions Past and Present. Bethesda, MD: National Intelligence Press, 368 pp., ISBN: 9781932946109
Year: 2025
Type: book-review
Abstract: Riehle is a former counterintelligence analyst and prolific author who makes ample use of Russian-language sources in his works on Russian intelligence. 1 These sources often add relevant and topical details that would otherwise not be accessible to a Western reader.Most often, books on intelligence history focus on a particular spy case, with one agent as the central figure in a specific episode of the Cold War.The biography and career of the main protagonist are analysed, and authors attempt to offer a convincing explanation as to why this person betrayed vital secrets to the adversary and what damage was inflicted.
Source: Security and Defence Quarterly
DOI: 10.35467/sdq/200264
Author: Ben de Jong
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409564326