Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games
by Tennent H. Bagley
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Chosen by William Safire in the New York Times to be the publishing sleeper-seller of the year for 2007.In this rapid-paced book, a former CIA chief of Soviet bloc counterintelligence breaks open the mysterious case of KGB officer Yuri Nosenko's 1964 defection to the United States. Still a highly controversial chapter in the history of Cold War espionage, the Nosenko affair has inspired debate for more than forty years: was Nosenko a bona fide defector with the real information about Lee show more Harvey Oswald's stay in Soviet Russia, or was he a KGB loyalist, engaged in a complex game of deception? As supervisor of CIA operations against the KGB at the time, Tennent H. Bagley directly handled Nosenko's case. This insider knowledge, combined with information gleaned from dozens of interviews with former KGB adversaries, places Bagley in a uniquely authoritative position. He guides the reader step by step through the complicated operations surrounding the Nosenko affair and shatters the comfortable version of events the CIA has presented to the public. Bagley unveils not only the KGB's history of merciless and bloody betrayals but also the existence of undiscovered traitors in the American camp. Shining new light on the CIA-KGB spy wars, he invites deeper thinking about the history of espionage and its implications for the intelligence community today. show lessTags
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GLBT interest tag - the villain Soviet agent claimed a history of using himself as a honey trap, seducing and then blackmailing American men into spying for the USSR. Which would have made for a far sexier book.
Wow. Read this and then you will agree that the CIA needs to be shut down and reconstituted with an entire new staff. 9/11 was the just one of these clowns mistakes. Amazing.
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- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Biography & Memoir
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- 327.1247073 — Society, government, & culture Political science International Relations: Spies Foreign policy and specific topics in international relations Espionage and subversion Intelligence Gathering - Europe
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- JK468 .I6 .B345 — Political Science Political institutions and public administration (United States) Political institutions and public administration United States Government. Public administration
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