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The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB
Written by Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin
Narrated by Charles Stransky
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The Sword and the Shield is a compelling-and historically significant-narrative destined to cast new light on the Soviet era.
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Reviews for The Sword and the Shield
Rating: 4.235294117647059 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great story about a fascinating period and a really great narrator. The only issue is that because the book is 15 years old the analysis at the end is now pretty dated. They said the child war was never coming back... they were wrong.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Absolutely riveting story of the worlds greatest espionage agency .