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The billion dollar spy is the true story of an electronics engineer at a secret military aviation institute in moscow who for almost seven years provided the cia with a huge volume of sensitive and valuable intelligence on soviet research and development r%d activities concerning radars, avionics, aa missiles, and other technologies. We cannot guarantee that the billion dollar spy book is in the library, but if you are still not sure with the service, you can choose free trial service. A true story of cold war espionage and betrayal pdf. The billion dollar spy is the fascinating true story of adolf tolkachev, a soviet engineer who for personal reasons wanted to pass critical engineering secrets to the united states. A true story of cold war espionage and betrayal, new york, doubleday, 2015, isbn 9780385537605 about adolf tolkachev references edit a b the 2010 pulitzer prize winners. Jul 07, 2015 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 war while driving out of the american embassy in moscow on the evening of february 16, 1978, the chief of the cia. The billion dollar spy npr coverage of the billion dollar spy. A washington post notable book of the year it was the height of the cold war, and a dangerous time to be stationed in the soviet. The movie, written by ben august remember, will be produ. Book discussion on the billion dollar spy internet archive.
Every meeting, whether between tolkachev or another of the spies featured in the book is supplemented by the exact right amount of background information. Hoffman will describe this singularlyimportant operation, based on declassified cia cables and his new book, the billion dollar spy, and argue that despite the many achievements of technology in espionage, human sources are still vital. From the pulitzer prizewinning author of the dead hand comes the riveting story of the cias most. A true story of cold war espionage and betrayal audio download.
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