Betrayal In Berlin: George Blake The Berlin Tunnel And Greatest Conspiracy Of Cold War Steve Vogel John Murray Publishers Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία History

\ Riveting And Vivid At The Heart Of Book Is Blake\ S Own Remarkable Story Which Vogel Tells With Some Sympathy If Not Approval It Reads Like A Hollywood Screenplay\ Foreign Affairs\ Fascinating Account Career As Spy Has Been Told Before Tunnel\ But Steve Pulls Them Together Accessibly Comprehensibly Along Wider Political Context Entertaining Detail About Personalities Period\ Spectator Excellent Although There Are Other Books On Blake Mr Vogel\ Handling His Tale Original Rewarding Meticulously Researched Full Detail\ Wall Street Journal Thriller That Kept Me Up All Night Magnificent Story-Telling\ Peter Snow True Cold War Espionage Set Around Ultra-Secret Berlin Tunnel - Where British Officer George Must Run High-Stakes Double Cross To Maintain Cover Was Dug In Mid-1950S From American Sector Southwest Ran Nearly Quarter-Mile Into Soviet Allowing Cia Secret Intelligence Service (Sis) Tap Critical Kgb Military Underground Telecommunication Lines Trusted Working Highly Sensitive Job Sis Privy Every Aspect Plan Over Course Eleven Months May 1955 April 1956 When Soviets Discovered Operation Gold\ Provided Seemingly Invaluable Capabilities Intentions Celebrated An Astonishing Coup Upon Its Disclosure Agency Basked New Reputation Bold Capable Had For Once Outwitted 1961 Polish Defector Shocked By Revealing Agent Who Disclosed Plans Even Built Arrested Sentenced 42 Years Prison Longest Term Ever Imposed Under Modern English Law Since Labelled Failure Based Assumption Would Never Have Allowed Any Information Importance Be Transmitted Through Tapped So Work Investigative Reporting Now Reveals Picked More Valuable Than They Believed Why Knowing Well Existed Let Slip Many Their Most Secrets? Or Did Actually Know? Σελίδες: 544 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0929 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm