Screen LibraryThe billion dollar spy : a true story of cold war espionage and betrayal /
January, 1977. While the chief of the CIA's Moscow station fills his gas tank, a stranger drops a note into the car. In the years that followed, that stranger, Adolf Tolkachev, became one of the West's most valuable spies. At enormous risk Tolkachev and his handlers conducted clandestine m...
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Icon Books LTD,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
2018. ©2015 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
January, 1977. While the chief of the CIA's Moscow station fills his gas tank, a stranger drops a note into the car. In the years that followed, that stranger, Adolf Tolkachev, became one of the West's most valuable spies. At enormous risk Tolkachev and his handlers conducted clandestine meetings across Moscow, using spy cameras, props, and private codes to elude the KGB in its own backyard - until a shocking betrayal put them all at risk. Drawing on previously classified CIA documents and interviews with first-hand participants, 'The Billion Dollar Spy' is a brilliant feat of reporting and |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | [xiv], 391 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781785783524 (paperback) : 1785783521 (paperback) |
| CLC: | D771.236 |
| Call Number: | D771.236/H699 |