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Spies : the secret showdown between America and Russia /

"An account of the Cold War spies whose survival depended on carefully orchestrated deceptions as they fought in the shadows to help avert global nuclear war and, in so doing, changed the global landscape in ways that are still felt today"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Favreau, Marc, 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > History > 20th century.
Soviet Union. > Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti > History.
KGB > History.
Soviet Union. > Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency.
Cold War (1945-1989)
Spies > United States > History > 20th century.
Spies > Soviet Union > History.
Espionage, American > History > 20th century.
Espionage, Soviet > History.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
Cold War.
Diplomatic relations.
Espionage, American.
Espionage, Soviet.
Spies.
Soviet Union.
United States.
1900-1999
Informational works.
History.
Description
Summary:"An account of the Cold War spies whose survival depended on carefully orchestrated deceptions as they fought in the shadows to help avert global nuclear war and, in so doing, changed the global landscape in ways that are still felt today"--
Physical Description:306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [272]-293) and index.
ISBN:9780316545921
0316545929