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The spy and the traitor, the greatest espionage story of the Cold War, Ben Macintyre

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The spy and the traitor, the greatest espionage story of the Cold War, Ben Macintyre

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eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-343) and index

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individual biography

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The spy and the traitor

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bibliography

Oclc number

1039191063

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Ben Macintyre

Sub title

the greatest espionage story of the Cold War

Summary

The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, Oleg Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6. Desperate to keep the circle of trust close, MI6 never revealed Gordievsky's name to its counterparts in the CIA, which in turn grew obsessed with figuring out the identity of Britain's obviously top-level source. The CIA officer assigned to identify him was Aldrich Ames, who would become infamous for secretly spying for the Soviets. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

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 -- The runner -- Finlandia -- Epilogue: Passport for Pimlico -- Codenames and aliases

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Greatest espionage story of the Cold War

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