The spy and the traitor
Subtitle: the greatest espionage story of the Cold War
By: Ben Macintyre
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9781101904190
Subjects: Cold War; Spies; Intelligence service; Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvenno bezopasnosti; Soviet Union; Biography; History
Other titles: Greatest espionage story of the Cold War
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-343) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: 19 May 1985; title: The KGB; title: Uncle Gormsson; title: SUNBEAM; title: Green ink and microfilm; title: A plastic bag and a Mars bar; title: Agent boot; title: The safe house; title: Operation RYAN; title: Koba; title: Mr Collins and Mrs Thatcher; title: Russian roulette; title: Cat and mouse; title: The dry-cleaner; title: The runner; title: Finlandia; title: Passport for Pimlico; title: Codenames and aliases; title: Acknowledgements.