The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal by David

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Drawing on previously classified CIA documents and interviews with first-hand participants, The Billion Dollar Spy is a brilliant feat of reporting and a riveting true story from the final years of the Cold War.

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'An astonishingly detailed picture of espionage in the 1980s, written with pacey journalistic verve and an eerily contemporary feel.' Ben Macintyre, The Times'A gripping story of courage, professionalism, and betrayal in the secret world.'Rodric Braithwaite, British Ambassador in Moscow, 1988-1992'One of the best spy stories to come out of the Cold War and all the more riveting for being true.' Washington PostJanuary, 1977. While the chief of the CIA's Moscow station fills his gas tank, a stranger drops a note into the car.In the years that followed, that stranger, Adolf Tolkachev, became one of the West's most valuable spies. At enormous risk Tolkachev and his handlers conducted clandestine meetings across Moscow, using spy cameras, props, and private codes to elude the KGB in its own backyard - until a shocking betrayal put them all at risk.Drawing on previously classified CIA documents and interviews with first-hand participants, The Billion Dollar Spy is a brilliant feat of reporting and a riveting true story from the final years of the Cold War.

Notes

The feats of espionage carried out by Western spy in Cold War Moscow Adolf Tolkachev, using spy cameras, props and private codes, is told with reference to extensive interviews and exclusive CIA documents in this compelling story from the final years of the Cold War.

Author Biography

David E. Hoffman is a contributing editor at The Washington Post and a correspondent for PBS's flagship investigative series, Frontline. He is the author of The Dead Hand (Icon, 2011), about the end of the Cold War arms race, and winner of a Pulitzer Prize. He lives with his wife in Maryland.

Review

It is the human factor that elevates The Billion Dollar Spy to a different level: non-fiction as rich and resonant as a spy novel by John Le Carré or Graham Greene. * Mail on Sunday *The Pulitzer prizewinning American journalist David E Hoffman has had access to CIA files and the result is an astonishingly detailed picture of espionage in the 1980s, written with pacey journalistic verve and an eerily contemporary feel ... Essential reading for anyone who wants to know how the spy mind works. -- Ben Macintyre * The Times *A fabulous read that also provides chilling insights into the Cold War spy game between Washington and Moscow that has erupted anew under Vladimir Putin. * Michael Dobbs, author of One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War *A gripping story of courage, professionalism, and betrayal in the secret world. * Rodric Braithwaite, British Ambassador in Moscow, 1988-1992 *

Long Description

Drawing on previously classified CIA documents and interviews with first-hand participants, The Billion Dollar Spy is a brilliant feat of reporting and a riveting true story from the final years of the Cold War. 'An astonishingly detailed picture of espionage in the 1980s, written with pacey journalistic verve and an eerily contemporary feel.' Ben Macintyre, The Times 'A gripping story of courage, professionalism, and betrayal in the secret world.' Rodric Braithwaite, British Ambassador in Moscow, 1988-1992 'One of the best spy stories to come out of the Cold War and all the more riveting for being true.' Washington Post January, 1977. While the chief of the CIA's Moscow station fills his gas tank, a stranger drops a note into the car. In the years that followed, that stranger, Adolf Tolkachev, became one of the West's most valuable spies. At enormous risk Tolkachev and his handlers conducted clandestine meetings across Moscow, using spy cameras, props, and private codes to elude the KGB in its own backyard - until a shocking betrayal put them all at risk. Drawing on previously classified CIA documents and interviews with first-hand participants, The Billion Dollar Spy is a brilliant feat of reporting and a riveting true story from the final years of the Cold War.

Review Text

'It is the human factor that elevates The Billion Dollar Spy to a different level: non-fiction as rich and resonant as a spy novel by John Le Carr

Review Quote

'A fabulous read that also provides chilling insights into the Cold War spy game between Washington and Moscow that has erupted anew under Vladimir Putin.'

Description for Sales People

- A real-life tale of intrigue during the Cold War that is 'so gripping at times it reads like spy fiction' (LA Times)- Critically acclaimed in the US and named the Washington Post's 'Notable Book of the Year'- Brilliant story of espionage in a similar vein to Giles Whittell's Bridge of Spies, Ben Macintyre, and Max Hastings- Waterstones' Non-Fiction Book of the Month for August 2018

Details ISBN1785783521 Author David E. Hoffman Year 2018 ISBN-10 1785783521 ISBN-13 9781785783524 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-06-07 Media Book Subtitle A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal Place of Publication Duxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 327.12092 Short Title The Billion Dollar Spy Language English UK Release Date 2018-06-07 AU Release Date 2018-06-07 Pages 416 Imprint Icon Books Publisher Icon Books Audience General NZ Release Date 2018-07-24 We've got this

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