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Spies : the secret showdown between America and Russia
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"An account of the Cold War spies whose survival depended on carefully orchestrated deceptions as they fought in the shadows to help avert global nuclear war and, in so doing, changed the global la...
"An account of the Cold War spies whose survival depended on carefully orchestrated deceptions as they fought in the shadows to help avert global nuclear war and, in so doing, changed the global landscape in ways that are still felt today"-- Provided by publisher.
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- Creator
- Marc Favreau
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019
- Physical Details
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- 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780316545921, 0316545929, 9780316545884, 9780316464901
- OCLC
- on1085582750
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [272]-293) and index.
- Prologue: Seeing ghosts -- Part 1: Enemies. The defector -- The spy hunters -- The double -- Part 2: Deep freeze. Capital of the Cold War -- The pilot -- Missiles -- Part 3: Stalemate. Moscow rules -- War games -- The year of the spy -- Part 4: Thaw. The man without a face -- Epilogue: Mole hunt -- Acknowledgments -- KGB: key facts -- CIA: key facts -- Russian espionage since the end of the Cold War -- The CIA since the end of the Cold War -- Cold War timeline -- Cold War glossary -- Glossary of key espionage techniques
Subjects
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century.
- Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti -- History.
- Spies -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Spies -- Soviet Union -- History.
- Espionage, American -- History -- 20th century.
- Espionage, Soviet -- History.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
- Cold War.
- KGB -- History.
Children's Subject Heading
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century.
Children's Subject Heading
- Cold War.
Children's Subject Heading
- Spies -- Soviet Union -- History.
Children's Subject Heading
- Espionage, American -- History -- 20th century.
Children's Subject Heading
- Espionage, Soviet -- History.
Children's Subject Heading
- Spies -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Children's Subject Heading
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Children's Subject Heading
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Children's Subject Heading