The Cold War, with its air of mutual fear and distrust and the
shadowy world of spies and secret agents, gave publishers the
chance to produce countless stories of espionage, treachery and
deception. What Nigel West has discovered is that the most
egregious deceptions were in fact the stories themselves. In this
remarkable investigation into the claims of many who portrayed
themselves as key players in clandestine operations, the author has
exposed a catalogue of misrepresentations and falsehoods. Did
Greville Wynne really exfiltrate a GRU defector from Odessa? Was
the frogman Buster Crabb abducted during a mission in Portsmouth
Harbour? Did the KGB run a close-guarded training facility, as
described by J. Bernard Hutton in School for Spies, which was
modelled on a typical town in the American mid-west, so agents
could be acclimatised to a non-Soviet environment? With the help of
witnesses with first-hand experience, and recently declassified
documents, Nigel West answers these and other fascinating questions
from a time when secrecy and suspicion allowed the truth to be
concealed.
General
| Imprint: |
Frontline Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
July 2022 |
| Authors: |
Nigel West
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
264 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-07509-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-399-07509-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781399075091 |
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