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The Billion Dollar Spy
The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal | David E. Hoffman
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From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning history The Dead Hand comes the riveting story of a spy who cracked open the Soviet military research establishment and a�penetrating portrait of the CIA�s Moscow station, an outpost of (…more)
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Kaarin
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Bailedbailed

DNF. There are some solid facts and anecdotes here. But ultimately the prose is so dry I couldn‘t power all the way through it.

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Pedrocamacho
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Pickpick

This is the true story of Soviet military researcher and CIA secret source, Adolf Tolkachev. It is a compelling and interesting read. Tolkachev had a well-earned grudge against the Soviet Union and chose to settle it by turning over details of Soviet military radar research year-after-year, for well over a decade.

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Waterstones
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Pickpick

Our Non Fiction book this month is the astonishing true story of Cold War spy-craft and espionage. The Billion Dollar Spy reads like the best thriller novels, gripping, eerie and hard to put down.

#waterstones #bookofthemonth #billiondollarspy

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Skybariline
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Pickpick

Adolf Tolkachev, a Soviet military design engineer with a high level security clearance, aided the CIA's Moscow station during the Cold War between 1979 and 1985, providing information worth billions of dollars to U.S. weapons capabilities, until his work was compromised by an unlikely source. The second half of this book is especially engaging, as the stakes become higher and even more dramatic.

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Slynn71
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Ice cream, pie, coffee & espionage!!!