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The spy and the traitor
Ben Macintyre, Efrén del Valle · 2018 · 384 pages
Cold WarSpiesIntelligence serviceSoviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvenno bezopasnostiSoviet UnionBiography
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About this book
Traces the story of Russian intelligence operative Oleg Gordievsky, revealing how his secret work as an undercover MI6 informant helped hasten the end of the Cold War.
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