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At Home With The KGB: A New History Of The Soviet Security Service

Talks from the Hoover Institution

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The KGB: Guardians of Soviet Stability

This chapter examines the KGB's crucial role in preserving the Soviet Union's stability through strategic intimidation and psychological manipulation. It highlights the agency's adaptive methods and its historical reliance on conspiracy to justify political actions and suppress dissent from the 1950s to the 1970s.

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