In Stalin’s Secret Service - Expose of Russia’s Secret Policies by Former Chief of Soviet Intelligence in Western Europe

Walter Krivitsky was the first Soviet spymaster to defect to the West in 1937. A classic text of espionage history last published in 1939. With the help of journalist Isaac Don Levine and literary agent Paul Wohl, Krivitsky produced an inside account of Stalin's underhanded methods. In England in 1940, he came very close to unmasking the Soviet network inside Britain’s intelligence services known as the “Cambridge 5” led by Kim Philby. Attacked by the American left, Krivitsky was vindicated when the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, which he had predicted, was signed in August 1939. Krivitsky thought that he would be safe in America, but he was unable to shed the dangerous secrets that he took with him. Stalin had to act quickly to protect his vast espionage network and there would be no escape from the Soviet assassination squad. In Stalin’s Secret Service is like a spy thriller with an unwritten ending, because the author couldn’t imagine his own death. Krivitsky's First-hand Account As The Top Soviet Espionage Leader In Western Europe And His Ultimate Defection Is A Fundamental Document Of The Crisis Preceding The Second World War. It Reveals The Horrors Of Stalin's Great Terror To A Disbelieving World As The Dictator Purged The Ranks Of The Soviet Hierachy...--book Jacket. Foreword / Sam Tanenhaus -- Stalin Appeases Hitler -- The End Of The Communist International -- Stalin's Hand In Spain -- When Stalin Counterfeited Dollars -- The Ogpu -- Why Did They Confess? -- Why Stalin Shot His Generals -- My Break With Stalin -- Who Killed Krivitsky? / Flora Lewis -- Selected Declassified Fbi Files -- Soviet Espionage Leaders 1918-1953. W.g. Krivitsky. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 294-295) And Index. Walter Krivitsky was the first Soviet spymaster to defect to the West in 1937. He sought safety in the United States and found time to write his account of his defection and knowledge of Stalins many crimes. A classic text of espionage history last published in 1939.