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Cassidy's Run : The Secret Spy War Over Nerve Gas
Cassidy's Run The Secret Spy War Over Nerve Gas
Author: David Wise
Cassidy's Run is the riveting story of one of the best-kept secrets of the Cold War -- an espionage operation mounted by Washington against the Soviet Union that ran for twenty-three years. At the highest levels of the government, its code name was Operation shocker. — Lured by a double agent working for the United States, ten Rus...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375501531
ISBN-10: 0375501533
Publication Date: 3/7/2000
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Random House
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Cassidy's Run is a riveting story. This nonfiction book deals with a highly secret, 23-year operation Washington mounted against the Soviet Union. Based on thousands of pages of classified documents, this is the story of an ordinary man, named Joe Cassidy, who became a secret weapon in the war of international espionage. If historical fiction is your genre of choice, consider reading this book. It makes nonfiction read like a high-action thriller.


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