| Cold War Counterfeit Spies: Tales of Espionage - Genuine or Bogus? Contributor(s): West, Nigel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1473879558 ISBN-13: 9781473879553 Publisher: Frontline Books OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Intelligence & Espionage - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2017301253 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.30 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Cold War, with its air of mutual fear and distrust and the shadowy world of spies and secret agents, gave publishers the chance to produce countless stories of espionage, treachery and deception. What Nigel West has discovered is that the most egregious deceptions were in fact the stories themselves. In this remarkable investigation into the claims of many who portrayed themselves as key players in clandestine operations, the author has exposed a catalogue of misrepresentations and falsehoods. Did Greville Wynne really exfiltrate a GRU defector from Odessa? Was the frogman Buster Crabb abducted during a mission in Portsmouth Harbor? Did the KGB run a close-guarded training facility, as described by J. Bernard Hutton in School for Spies, which was modeled on a typical town in the American midwest, so agents could be acclimatized to a non-Soviet environment? With the help of witnesses with firsthand experience, and recently declassified documents, Nigel West answers these and other fascinating questions from a time when secrecy and suspicion allowed the truth to be concealed. |
Contributor Bio(s): West, Nigel: - NIGEL WEST is an intelligence expert and critically-acclaimed author. Such is his depth of knowledge in these fields that The Sunday Times noted that, 'His information is often so precise that many people believe he is the unofficial historian of the secret services. His books are peppered with deliberate clues to potential front-page stories.' In 1989 Nigel was voted 'The Experts' Expert' by The Observer. |