1 copy being processed for GDL Central Library Children's Non-fiction.
Edition
First edition.
Description
306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-293) and index.
Contents
Prologue: Seeing ghosts -- Part 1: Enemies. The defector -- The spy hunters -- The double -- Part 2: Deep freeze. Capital of the Cold War -- The pilot -- Missiles -- Part 3: Stalemate. Moscow rules -- War games -- The year of the spy -- Part 4: Thaw. The man without a face -- Epilogue: Mole hunt -- Acknowledgments -- KGB: key facts -- CIA: key facts -- Russian espionage since the end of the Cold War -- The CIA since the end of the Cold War -- Cold War timeline -- Cold War glossary -- Glossary of key espionage techniques.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
