hardcover, by Robert J. Stove — The terms "Gestapo" and "KGB" have taken on an ominous meaning in every modern language, and the apparatus behind them inspires universal terror. But while many there are many books about espionage, until now very little has been written about the history of secret policing which played such a grim role in the history of totalitarian movements of the 20th century. Robert J. Stove begins his[...]