My life as a spy
By: by John A. Walker, Jr.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amherst, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781591026594
Subjects: Walker, John Anthony, -- 1937-; Walker family; United States. -- Navy -- Officers -- Biography; United States. -- Navy -- Communication systems; Spies -- United States -- Biography; Espionage, Soviet -- United States -- History; Cold War
Genres: Biography.
Description: When he was arrested for selling classified secrets to the Soviet Union, John Walker revealed that he had been a spy from 1968 to 1985 and members of his family had also participated. Their actions constituted one of the most serious breaches of security in US history. What motivated a career naval officer to become a spy during the height of the Cold War? Walker has now decided to go public with a document he wrote for his children to explain his actions. It makes for enlightening reading.