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Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies |
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Additional Physical Format: | Macintyre, Ben, 1963- Spy and the traitor.: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2018 (CaOONL)20189005564 |
Named Person: | Oleg Gordievsky; Oleg Gordievsky; Oleg Gordievsky |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ben Macintyre |
ISBN: | 9780771060335 0771060335 198484153X 9781984841537 |
OCLC Number: | 1035216662 |
Language Note: | In English. |
Description: | 358 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), colour maps, portraits ; 24 cm. |
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. |
Responsibility: | Ben Macintyre. |
Abstract:
Traces the story of Russian intelligence operative Oleg Gordievsky, revealing how his secret work as an undercover MI6 informant helped hasten the end of the Cold War.
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- Gordievsky, Oleg.
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- Intelligence service -- Soviet Union -- History.
- Guerre froide -- Biographies.
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- URSS. -- Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti -- Biographies.
- Service des renseignements -- URSS -- Histoire.
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- Soviet Union. -- Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti.
- Spies.
- Soviet Union.