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Seven million dollar spy reveals, for the first time, the inside story of the dramatic us counterintelligence operation that resulted in the capture of the most dangerous mole working for russia inside us intelligence. From the author of the pulitzer prizewinning history the dead hand comes the riveting story of a spy who cracked open the soviet military research establishment and a penetrating portrait of the cias moscow station, an outpost of daring espionage in the last years of the cold. It hits the sweet spot between pageturning thriller and solidly researched history even the footnotes are informative and then becomes something more, a shrewd character study of spies and the. Hoffman david emanuel hoffman is an american journalist and writer who was awarded the pulitzer prize in 2010 for the dead hand, a book about the nuclear arms race. In a tale that reads more like a novel than a piece of non. The untold story of the cold war arms race and its dangerous legacy 2009, washington post contributing editor hoffman has strong credentials to tell the unheralded story of adolf. The mixedrace daughter, dido elizabeth belle gugu mbatharaw, of royal navy captain sir john lindsay matthew goode is raised by aristocratic greatuncle lord william murray, 1st earl of mansfield tom wilkinson in eighteenth century england. David hoffman, author of the billion dollar spy initially, the cia was suspicious of soviet aviation expert adolf tolkachev. Book discussion on the billion dollar spy internet archive. Those rules may actually be a reason that david hoffmans the billion dollar spy, about adolf tolkachev, a soviet radar expert who spied for the c. Best audiobooks the billion dollar spy best audiobooks the billion dollar spy for road trip \ best audiobooks the billion dollar spy for couples road trip. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. A scrupulously researched work of history that is also a gripping thriller, the billion dollar spy is an unforgettable journey into cold war espionage.
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