The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
The true story of Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB colonel who spied for Britain during the Cold War, risking everything to help the West.
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The Spy and the Traitor recounts the remarkable true story of Oleg Gordievsky, a senior KGB officer who secretly worked for British intelligence.
Ben Macintyre draws on interviews and declassified documents to reveal the risks and tensions of Cold War espionage.
The book explores the personal and political pressures that led Gordievsky to defect and the dramatic events that followed.
It offers a detailed look at the methods and stakes of intelligence work during one of the most dangerous periods of the twentieth century.
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