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Spies : the secret showdown between America and Russia / Marc Favreau.

Author/creator Favreau, Marc, 1968- author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
Copyright Notice ©2019
Description306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
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.
Abstract "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [272]-293) and index.
Genre/formInformational works.
LCCN 2019005698
ISBN9780316545921 hardcover
ISBN0316545929 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNlibrary edition electronic book

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