‘Fear Has Large Eyes’: The History of Intelligence in the Soviet Union

R. G. Hughes; Arne Kislenko

doi:10.1080/13518046.2017.1377018

‘Fear Has Large Eyes’: The History of Intelligence in the Soviet Union

R. G. Hughes
, Arne Kislenko

Department of International Politics

University of Toronto

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This article involves a datiled examination of the evolution of the historiography of intelligence in the Soviet Union since 1917. This article, running from 1917 to 2017 in its analysis, asks if the modern Russian state is predisposed, by itshistory and its strategic culture, to have a strong secret intelligence service? In doing so it makes a major contribution to Soviet/Russian studies. Er Cof am Hedd Wyn (1887-1917).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	639-653
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Slavic Military Studies
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13518046.2017.1377018
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2017

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Soviet Union, Cheka, KNVD, KGB, Vladimir Putin, Second World War, Russian Revolution, Stalin
Cheka, KNVD, KGB, Vladimir Putin, Second World War, Russian Revolution, Stalin

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