The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre

Pdf downloadable books free The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War


Download The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War PDF

  • The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
  • Ben Macintyre
  • Page: 368
  • Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
  • ISBN: 9781101904190
  • Publisher: Crown/Archetype

Download eBook




Pdf downloadable books free The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Overview

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6. For nearly a decade, as the Cold War reached its twilight, Gordievsky helped the West turn the tables on the KGB, exposing Russian spies and helping to foil countless intelligence plots, as the Soviet leadership grew increasingly paranoid at the United States's nuclear first-strike capabilities and brought the world closer to the brink of war. 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. Their obsession ultimately doomed Gordievsky: the CIA officer assigned to identify him was none other than Aldrich Ames, the man who would become infamous for secretly spying for the Soviets.  Unfolding the delicious three-way gamesmanship between America, Britain, and the Soviet Union, and culminating in the gripping cinematic beat-by-beat of Gordievsky's nail-biting escape from Moscow in 1985, Ben Macintyre's latest may be his best yet. Like the greatest novels of John le Carré, it brings readers deep into a world of treachery and betrayal, where the lines bleed between the personal and the professional, and one man's hatred of communism had the power to change the future of nations.



Links: Ebook for mobile phone free download The Wormwood Prophecy: NASA, Donald Trump, and a Cosmic Cover-up of End-Time Proportions (English Edition) here, Descarga de audiolibros de Rapidshare MANUAL DE ESCRITURA DE LOS CARACTERES CHINOS (Spanish Edition) de PEDRO CEINOS ARCONES 9788478131730 iBook PDF RTF download link, Libros de Kindle descarga directa PALMERAS EN LA NIEVE de LUZ GABAS PDB 9788499985770 download pdf, Ebooks para android NORMAS DE CONSTRUCCION DE RECIPIENTES A PRESION: GUIA DEL CODIGO ASME, SECCION VIII. DIVISION 1 de JUAN MANUEL MARTINEZ MASSONI in Spanish ePub 9788496486737 site, Share books and free download Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure 9781770106468 in English DJVU download link, Descarga google books como pdf gratis. EN UN LUGAR DEL CARIBE de IRENE MCKINSTRY ORIA 9788496018266 en español download link, ¿Es seguro descargar libros en pdf? LOS LOBOS DE ORO de ROSHANI CHOKSHI ePub 9788418002199 download pdf, Réserver gratuitement en ligne Kant tu ne sais plus quoi faire il reste la philo 9782361321710 par Marie Robert here, Ebooks descargar libros gratis EL FUEGO INVISIBLE MOBI CHM FB2 en español here,