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Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin's history of the KGB draws on notes Mitrokhin made over more than a decade while working in the Soviet foreign intelligence archives. It covers KGB operations in the United States and Europe, including deep-cover illegals and recruited agents. It is a dense, documented reference rather than a fast narrative, and it suits readers who want detail over storytelling. Among KGB histories it stands out for its source material rather than for readability.
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Reviewers treat it as a landmark, heavily sourced account of the KGB and value it as a reference. Many also find it dense and slow to read straight through.
The Sword and the Shield is a history of the KGB, the Soviet Union's top intelligence organization. It draws on a top-secret archive that the FBI described as "the most complete and extensive intelligence ever achieved from any source." The book gives a detailed picture of KGB operations in the United States and Europe.
Vasili Mitrokhin worked for almost thirty years in the KGB's foreign intelligence archives. In 1972 he became responsible for moving the entire archive, including all the files on the KGB's deep-cover operatives, to new headquarters just outside Moscow. Over more than a decade he made notes and transcripts of the classified files, smuggled them out daily, and kept them beneath his dacha floor.
Christopher Andrew had exclusive access to Mitrokhin and his archive. He adds extensive research in other archives and in published and unpublished sources.
