The CIA's Russians / John Limond Hart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hart, John Limond, 1920- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Central Intelligence Agency--Biography.

United States.

Defectors--Soviet Union--Biography.

Defectors.

Spies--Soviet Union--Biography.

Spies.

Espionage, American--Soviet Union.

Espionage, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the Cold War a number of high-ranking Soviet citizens spied for the CIA, providing the United States with valuable information while putting themselves and their families in great danger. In this book a seasoned CIA field operator and station chief looks at what drove these agents to betray their own country. Unlike many authors who write about spies, John Hart knows the espionage profession first-hand, and his penetrating analysis of the motivations involved is based on top-secret operational files. Four major Soviet agents - Yuri Nosenko, the dissident KGB agent who disclosed the bugs

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface ; Acknowledgments; Prologue: From Ally to Enemy ; 1. Pyotr Popov: The Tribulations of Faith ; 2. Oleg Penkovsky: In Quest of Honor; 3. Yuri Nosenko: A Refuge in Hell ; 4. Mikhail: The Fabulist ; 5. Motivation: What Manner of Men Are These? ; Epilogue; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61251-324-7

OCLC:

890980980