Spy Wars; Espionage and Canada from Gouzenko to Glasnost
Gordon Sauve (Jacket Illustration) Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Key Porter Books Limited, 1990. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, 276 pages. Selected Bibliography. Index. Pencil marks and comments noted. DJ has some wear, tape replair and soiling. Jack Lawrence Granatstein, OC FRSC (born May 21, 1939) is a Canadian historian who specializes in political and military history. Granatstein served in the Canadian Army from 1956 to 1966. He then taught at York University until 1996 where he is Distinguished Research Professor of History Emeritus. He was the Chair of the Council for Canadian Security in the 21st Century. David Alexander Tetlow Stafford (born 10 March 1942) is projects director at Edinburgh University's Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars. He became director of studies (1985–86) and executive director (1986–92) at the Canadian Institute of International Affairs in Toronto. Stafford is particularly noted for his scholarly works concerning Winston Churchill and British intelligence, various aspects of the Second World War, and Twentieth Century intelligence and espionage with a focus on Britain. Provides a well-documented, fascinating survey of threats to Canada s national security, from the Gouzenko affair, which triggered the Cold War, to recent cases of terrorism & industrial espionage, which usher in a new age of high-tech spying & sabotage. The characters featured include Hugh Hambleton, an unassuming professor who brought glamour to his life by giving secrets to the Soviets; Rudi Hermann, who ran a popular restaurant in Toronto & after hours operated the KGB s North Amer. spy network; & Stephen Ratkai who was caught buying info on submarine surveillance from an undercover agent. Condition: Good / Good.
Keywords: Espionage, Cold War, Spies, Terrorism, Partisan Politics, Canada, Gouzenko, Robert Coates, John Diefenbaker, Anatoly Gorsky, Arnold Heeney, KGB, Lester Pearson, Norman Robertson, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, Pierre Sevigny, SIGINT, George Spe
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