{"product_id":"moscow-rules-douglas-boyd-9780750989367","title":"Moscow Rules: Secret Police, Spies, Sleepers, Assassins","description":"\u003cb\u003eA chilling exposé of Cold War espionage and state terror in Eastern Europe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the guns fell silent in May 1945, the USSR resumed its clandestine warfare against the western democracies. Stalin installed \u003cb\u003esecret police services\u003c\/b\u003e in the satellite countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Trained by his NKVD officers of the Polish UB, the Czech StB, the Hungarian AVO, Romania's Securitate, Bulgaria's KDS, Albania's Sigurimi and the Stasi of the German Democratic Republic spied on and ruthlessly repressed their fellow citizens on the Soviet model. When the resultant hatred exploded in uprisings they were put down by brutality, bloodshed and Soviet tanks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot so obvious was that these \u003cb\u003estate terror organisations\u003c\/b\u003e were also designed for military and commercial espionage in the West, to conceal the real case officers in Moscow. Specially trained operatives undertook 'wet jobs', including the \u003cb\u003eassassinations\u003c\/b\u003e. Perhaps the most menacing were the \u003cb\u003esleepers\u003c\/b\u003e who who married and raised families in the west while waiting to strike against their host countries; many are still among us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMoscow Rules\u003c\/i\u003e Douglas Boyd explores the relationship between the KGB and its ghastly brood - a family from hell. For readers of \u003cb\u003eCold War history\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eespionage thrillers\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Boyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 075098936X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780750989367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Douglas Boyd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457708273919,"sku":"9780750989367","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82891428-5f6e-45de-a2ce-188b78e9249f.jpg?v=1777400582","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/moscow-rules-douglas-boyd-9780750989367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}