Torpedoed
Subtitle: An American Businessman's True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Imprisonment in Russia, and the Battle to
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: November 14, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780316348737
Subjects: Current Affairs; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Business; Conspiracy & Scandal Investigations; Political; Technology / Military Science; International; 1946-; Biography; Businessmen; Imprisonment; Pope, Edmond D.,; Prisoners; Russia (Federation); United States
First sentence: The Sayani was nobody's dream of a hotel.
Description: "He was an innocent man: Edmond Pope - former Naval Intelligence officer, then private businessman, in Russia looking for some answers. Little did he know that he was looking in some very dangerous places." "There was the top-secret operation: Western military and intelligence agencies out to steal one of Russia's crown jewels - the plans to a submarine torpedo that traveled an astonishing 300 miles per hour.".

"There was the new man in charge: Vladimir Putin - former head of the KGB, now boss of all Russia and a man who wanted to set an example at almost any cost.".

"It would all come together, and the result would be an incredible story of duplicity, secrets, and lies. Now, for the first time ever, Edmond Pope tells the real story of what led to his becoming the first American since Francis Gary Powers to be convicted of espionage in Russia. Torpedoed combines a gripping account of Pope's arrest, trial, and 253-day imprisonment with a deeply disturbing look at today's Russia - where you can trust no one, and everything is for sale.

With a large dollop of espionage-insider information and secret submarine warfare technology, this enthralling memoir reads like an espionage novel come to life.".

"Torpedoed reveals that the new Russia isn't that different from the old, that a fresh Cold War is brewing, and that Americans in Russia are at risk. With vivid portraits of Russians devoted to framing an American and Americans devoted to justice - Pope's wife, Cheri, first and foremost among them - it moves from dank Moscow prison cells to the White House to the inner rooms of the Kremlin.

And like the secret torpedo in question, Edmond Pope's harrowing story races to a conclusion of devastating impact."--BOOK JACKET.