Dead Doubles : The Extraordinary Worldwide Hunt for One of the Cold WarÕs Most Notorious Spy Rings
by Barnes, Trevor
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2021. 1st ed. thus. As New. small octavo. stiff wrappers xvi + 329pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., notes, sources, index, ÔThe Portland Spy Ring was one of the most notorious (impressive) spy cases from the Cold War. It seized international attention and revealed the shadowy world of deep cover KGB spies operating under false identities ('illegals'). The CIA's revelation to MI5 that a KGB agent was stealing crucial secrets from the sensitive submarine research base at Portland in Dorset looked initially like a dangerous but contained lapse of security by a British man and his mistressÕ
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- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
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- Title
- Dead Doubles : The Extraordinary Worldwide Hunt for One of the Cold WarÕs Most Notorious Spy Rings
- Author
- Barnes, Trevor
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Edition
- 1st ed. thus
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2021
- Size
- small octavo
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