the billion dollar spy by david e hoffman

At enormous risk Tolkachev and his handlers conducted clandestine meetings across Moscow, using spy cameras, props, and private codes to elude the KGB in its own backyard – until a shocking betrayal put them all at risk. The billion dollar spy is the real story of an electronic devices designer at a secret militaries aeronautics institute in Moscow that for essentially 7. With the Cold War at its frostiest, there were few tougher. In the years that followed, that stranger, Adolf Tolkachev, became one of the West's most valuable spies. The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal by David E Hoffman. While the chief of the CIA's Moscow station fills his gas tank, a stranger drops a note into the car. Hoffman: 9780345805973 : Books NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year Drawing on previously classified CIA documents and on interviews with firsthand. Summary: WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH AUGUST 2018 AND A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'An astonishingly detailed picture of espionage in the 1980s, written with pacey journalistic verve and an eerily contemporary feel.' Ben Macintyre, The Times 'A gripping story of courage, professionalism, and betrayal in the secret world.' Rodric Braithwaite, British Ambassador in Moscow, 1988-1992 'One of the best spy stories to come out of the Cold War and all the more riveting for being true.' Washington Post January, 1977.

The billion dollar spy by david e hoffman