Best of Enemies
The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War
New York : Twelve, [2018]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: vi, 342 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
"The story of two Cold War spies - CIA agent Jack Platt and KGB agent Genya Vasilenko - and their improbable friendship at a time when they should have been anything but."--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Apprentice spies -- All roads lead to Washington -- Contact -- Musketeers -- The Ioc -- The quisling -- Softly, softly, catchee monkey -- Havana takedown -- Sasha -- An old enemy -- A second reunion -- Going public -- A heavy box of caviar -- Calm before the storm -- You don't know me -- The Gulag redux -- The red button -- End games.
Subjects:
Platt, Jack, 1936-2017.
Vasilenko, Gennady, 1941-
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvenno bezopasnosti -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Spies -- United States -- Biography.
Spies -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
Spies -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Espionage -- United States -- History.
Espionage -- Soviet Union -- History.
Male friendship.
Platt, Jack, 1936-2017.
Vasilenko, Gennady, 1941-
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvenno bezopasnosti -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Spies -- United States -- Biography.
Spies -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
Spies -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Espionage -- United States -- History.
Espionage -- Soviet Union -- History.
Male friendship.
ISBN:
9781538761311 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
GOV Espionage Rus | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-321) and index.