The Billion Dollar Spy by David E Hoffman

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The Billion Dollar Spy by David E Hoffman

'One of the best spy stories to come out of the Cold War and all the more riveting for being true.' Washington Post
It is the human factor that elevates The Billion Dollar Spy to a different level: non-fiction as rich and resonant as a spy novel by John Le Carré or Graham Greene* Mail on Sunday *

The Pulitzer prizewinning American journalist David E Hoffman has had access to CIA files and the result is an astonishingly detailed picture of espionage in the 1980s, written with pacey journalistic verve and an eerily contemporary feel ... Essential reading for anyone who wants to know how the spy mind works.

-- Ben Macintyre * The Times *

A fabulous read that also provides chilling insights into the Cold War spy game between Washington and Moscow that has erupted anew under Vladimir Putin.

* Michael Dobbs, author of One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War *

A gripping story of courage, professionalism, and betrayal in the secret world.

* Rodric Braithwaite, British Ambassador in Moscow, 1988-1992 *

David E. Hoffman is a contributing editor at The Washington Post and a correspondent for PBS's flagship investigative series, Frontline. He is the author of The Dead Hand (Icon, 2011), about the end of the Cold War arms race, and winner of a Pulitzer Prize. He lives with his wife in Maryland.

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ISBN 13 9781785781971
ISBN 10 1785781979
Title The Billion Dollar Spy
Author David E Hoffman
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Icon Books
Year published 2017-06-01
Number of pages 400
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.