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The Man With The Poison Gun A Cold War Spy Story

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The Man With The Poison Gun A Cold War Spy StoryOneworld9781786071767
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In the fall of 1961 KGB assassin Bogdan Stashinsky defected to West Germany. After spilling his secrets to the CIA Stashinsky was put on trial in what would be the most publicized assassination case of the entire Cold War. The publicity stirred up by the Stashinsky case forced the KGB to change its modus operandi abroad and helped end the career of Aleksandr Shelepin one of the most ambitious and dangerous Soviet leaders. Stashinskys testimony implicating the Kremlin rulers in political assassinations carried out abroad shook the world of international politics. Stashinskys story would inspire films plays and booksincluding Ian Flemings last James Bond novel The Man with the Golden Gun. A thrilling tale of Soviet spy craft complete with exploding parcels elaborately staged coverups double agents and double crosses The Man with the Poison Gun offers unparalleled insight into the shadowy world of Cold War espionage.
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ISBN
9781786071767
Distributor
Oneworld
Author
Serhii Plokhy
COVER
Paperback
PAGES
384
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