The spy and the traitor : the greatest espionage story of the Cold War
(2018)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
327.127304/MACINTYRE,B
1 Holds on 2 Copies
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Crown Publishing Group, [2018]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
viii, 358 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781101904190, 1101904194 :, 9781101904190 (hardcover), 1101904194 (hardcover), 9781101904213 (pbk.), 1101904216 (pbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Introduction: 19 May 1985 -- The KGB -- Uncle Gormsson -- SUNBEAM -- Green ink and microfilm -- A plastic bag and a Mars bar -- Agent boot -- The safe house -- Operation RYAN -- Koba -- Mr Collins and Mrs Thatcher -- Russian roulette -- Cat and mouse -- The dry-cleaner -- Friday, 19 July -- Finlandia -- Passport for Pimlico -- Codenames and aliases -- Acknowledgements
Traces the story of Russian intelligence operative Oleg Gordievsky, revealing how his secret work as an undercover MI6 informant helped hasten the end of the Cold War