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In the Belly of the Bear
An FBI Journey Behind the New Iron Curtain
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2024
Summary
The collapse of the Soviet Union was a historic turning point when many, especially those who grew up during the Cold War, began to let go of their long-held fears and embrace feelings of hope for the future. That included agents of the FBI, who were, by necessity, busy building bridges with their former adversaries in response to a flood of Russian criminals pouring into the United States. In The Belly of the Bear chronicles this collaboration through the eyes of a key FBI agent who was on the frontlines in Russia. Jeff Iverson explores obstacles he and his colleagues faced on our former rivals’ home turf, including counterintelligence challenges that have traditionally posed a danger to American government officials and/or businesspeople traveling to Russia. Part cultural history, part international relations thriller, Iverson’s account details successful criminal and terrorism investigations between the FBI and former Soviet authorities, and the nature of the FBI’s fraught relationship with one of those agencies — the FSB, Russia’s modern-day version of the Soviet KGB. Iverson closes with a focus on the worrying parallels between Russia’s return to autocracy and our current American political discourse. This book will appeal to readers interested in the history of US and Russian relations as well and the history of the FBI.
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Copyright year
2024
ISBN-Print
978-1-5381-8913-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-5381-8914-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
218
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Stepping Out of Our Shelters No access Pages 1 - 4
Into the Belly of the Bear No access Pages 5 - 24
A Mile in Another Man’s Shoes No access Pages 25 - 30
When Truth Is a Menace No access Pages 31 - 42
Without Hard Work, One Can’t Even Get a Fish Out of a Pond No access Pages 43 - 46
One Door Closes, Another One Opens No access Pages 47 - 82
Strange Bedfellows No access Pages 83 - 94
The Quieter You Go, the Farther You Get No access Pages 95 - 102
The Only Free Cheese Is in the Mousetrap No access Pages 103 - 106
The Fall and Rise of Chekism No access Pages 107 - 118
Back to the USSR No access Pages 119 - 144
Those Who Vote Decide Nothing, Those Who Count the Vote Decide Everything No access Pages 145 - 162
Control the Courts, Have the Last Word No access Pages 163 - 176
Afterthoughts and Aftershocks No access Pages 177 - 180
Their Country, Their Rules No access Pages 181 - 190
Oh Say, Can You (Still) See . . . No access Pages 191 - 196
