The billion dollar spy : a true story of Cold War espionage and betrayal
Hoffman, David E. (David Emanuel)2017
Books, Manuscripts
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 a riveting true story from the final years of the Cold War.
Main title:
The billion dollar spy : a true story of Cold War espionage and betrayal / David E. Hoffman.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Icon, 2017.
Collation:
391 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Doubleday, 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781785781971 (pbk)
Dewey class:
327.12092327.1'2'092B TOL327.12920.
LC class:
UB271.R92
Local class:
B TOL327.12092
Language:
English
Subject:
Tolkachev, Adolf, 1927-1986United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- HistorySpies -- United States -- BiographySpies -- Russia (Federation) -- Moscow -- BiographyEspionage, American -- Soviet Union -- HistoryAeronautics -- Research -- United States -- HistoryEngineers -- Soviet Union -- BiographySpies -- United StatesSpies -- Russia (Federation) -- MoscowEngineers -- Soviet UnionUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet UnionSoviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United StatesBiographyPolitics and Government
BRN:
1906727