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The spy and the traitor : the greatest espionage story of the cold war

Ben Macintyre (Author)
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
Print Book, English, 2018
Hardcover edition View all formats and editions
Signal, [Toronto, Ontario], 2018
Biographies
358 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), colour maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
9780771060335, 9781984841537, 0771060335, 198484153X
1035216662
Introduction: 19 May 1985
The KGB
Uncle Gormsson
SUNBEAM
Green ink and microfilm
A plastic bag and a Mars bar
Agent boot
The safe house
Operation RYAN
Koba
Mr Collins and Mrs Thatcher
Russian roulette
Cat and mouse
The dry-cleaner
The runner
Finlandia
Epilogue: Passport for Pimlico
Codenames and aliases
In English