At the time of this writing, there were several documents that had been recently released from the highly secretive KGB archives. This information is almost certainly outdated, as the book was published in 1999, but a lot of the information was new to me. Almost all that I know about the Cold War was from a very interesting display at the Berman Museum in Anniston, Alabama that I recently went to that had a lot of spy tools. This book gives a lot of information about pro-Soviet British spies, as well as Soviet operatives in Great Britain. These people, called "Crown Jewels" by the KGB, collected information on all kinds of people. Politicians, political activities, members of the royal household and the nobility, economic activities, etc. were among the most common targets of this fact finding mission. Spies have been used throughout history, and are almost certainly still being used today, so this isn't a shocking book.

I actually bought this book at my favorite used book store for .75. I got it because it was in the World War II section, but this is actually a Cold War book. I just glanced at it and thought this was a book about the British Crown Jewels, which I why I threw it in my cart. I am not really sure I would have picked it up if I would have known otherwise, but I thought .75 was a great price. I have to admit my interest in the Cold War is virtually nonexistent, so I would have never been in the Cold War section to begin with. Despite all of that, this was a pretty interesting read. I am sure there is a lot more information about these activities that are still secreted away or redacted, but perhaps we will continue to learn more about spy activities during the Cold War.