Near and Distant Neighbors: A New History of Soviet Intelligence
Written by Jonathan Haslam
Narrated by Shaun Grindell
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
In bringing to light the obscure inhabitants of an undercover intelligence world, Haslam offers a surprising and unprecedented portrayal of Soviet success that is not only fascinating but also essential to understanding Vladimir Putin's power today.
Jonathan Haslam
Jonathan Haslam is Professor of the History of International Relations at Cambridge University, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He was a visiting professor at Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, and is a member of the society of scholars at the Johns Hopkins University. His previous work includes Russia’s Cold War: From the October Revolution to the Fall of the Wall, No Virtue Like Necessity: Realist Thought in International Relations Since Machiavelli, The Vices of Integrity: E. H. Carr, 1892–1982, and several histories of Soviet foreign policy in the 1930s.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very good and informative historical content. The narrative is a bit disjointed. Also the narration is very poor, with mispronounced words all over the place.