Richard Sorge, the GRU and the Pacific War

Sorge's activities between 1930 and 1942 have tended to be lauded as those of a superlative human intelligence operator and the Soviet Union's GRU (Soviet military intelligence unit) as the optimum of spy-masters.

Chart: Organization of the People's Commisariat for the Defence of the USSR, 1941 Preface, Introduction, Abbreviations, List of Illustrations, 1 'All is Not Well in the Camp of the Axis Powers' 2 'In the Matter Affecting Ambassador Ott' 3 The Purge of German Journalists 4 'Expressions which are Psychologically Dangerous' 5 The Bifurcation of Intelligence in Retrospect, 1929-1937 6 The Bifurcation of Intelligence in Retrospect, 1937-1941 7 Conclusions, Select Bibliography, Source Materials, Index of Persons, Index