The KGB Against the "Main Enemy"

Library Journal

The subtitle of this book is somewhat misleading. Romerstein, a U.S. government specialist on Soviet espionage, and Levchenko, a former KGB officer, devote most of their chronicle to the history of the Kremlin's intelligence efforts against the United States since the 1920s and comparatively little to the ``how'' of current operations. Names, dates, aliases, descriptions of meetings, and allegations appear in overwhelming profusion but with little benefit of summary or analysis. Most librarians can rely on Richard Deacon's A History of the Russian Secret Service ( LJ 8/72; o.p.) for historical coverage and can choose from a variety of more readable descriptions of current KGB practice, such as John Barron's KGB Today (Reader's Digest Pr., 1983) and Jay Tuck's High-Tech Espionage ( LJ 8/86).-- James R. Kuhlman, Univ. of Georgia Lib., Athens

Booknews

Through a series of examples and vignettes, this book describes Soviet intelligence operations in the US. Levchenko is an ex-KGB operative in the US. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)