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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
The Spy and the Traitor The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
Author: Ben Macintyre
ISBN-13: 9781101904213
ISBN-10: 1101904216
Publication Date: 8/6/2019
Pages: 384
Edition: Reprint
Rating:
  • Currently 4.7/5 Stars.
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4.7 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Broadway Books
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War on + 16 more book reviews
A spine tingling true story of cold war espionage and double agents, some motivated by ideological beliefs, some by greed.
dizz avatar reviewed The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War on + 643 more book reviews
This book is at once a thrilling spy story and a quiet study of how ordinary people get into that kind of situation and find themselves in over their heads before they really know it, in a world where the cold war and covert warfare are a way of life. I had heard these names in the news but I never knew the backstory. This is history not as stats & facts but real people's experiences. I think it's the best of McIntryre's books. Well worth the time of anybody curious about "the way things were."