Albanian Operation of the CIA and MI6, 1949-1953
Subtitle: Conversations with Participants in a Venture Betrayed
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781476663791
Subjects: United states, central intelligence agency; Great britain, biography; Subversive activities; Espionage; Albania, history; Great britain, foreign relations, europe; Albania, politics and government; United states, relations, europe
Description: "The Albanian Operation, carried out by British and American secret services from 1949 to 1953, was one of the first Western attempts to subvert a country behind the Iron Curtain. 300 agents and civilians are thought to have been killed in the operation. The present work presents the interviews and throws new light on what actually took place"--