Spies : the secret showdown between America and Russia / Marc Favreau.
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TextEdition: First editionDescription: 306 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN: 9780316545921; 0316545929Subject(s): United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century | Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvenno�i bezopasnosti -- History | Spies -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Spies -- Soviet Union -- History | Espionage, American -- History -- 20th century | Espionage, Soviet -- History | Cold War | United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union | Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United StatesDDC classification: 327.127304709/045 LOC classification: UB271.U5 | F38 2019
Contents:
Summary: "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"--
Prologue: Seeing ghosts -- The defector -- The spy hunters -- The double -- Capital of the Cold War -- The pilot -- Missiles -- Moscow rules -- War games -- The year of the spy -- The man without a face -- Epilogue: Molehunt.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 327.127 FAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500067170 | |
| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 327.127 FAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500067163 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [272-293) and index.
Prologue: Seeing ghosts -- The defector -- The spy hunters -- The double -- Capital of the Cold War -- The pilot -- Missiles -- Moscow rules -- War games -- The year of the spy -- The man without a face -- Epilogue: Molehunt.
"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"--
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