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020 _a9.78E+12
082 _a327.120924 How
100 _a"Wise, David"
245 0 _aSpy who got away
260 _aLondon
260 _bCollins
260 _c1988
300 _a288: ill.
520 _aIn spring 1983, Edward Howard was preparing for his first overseas posting as a CIA case officers tour in the agency's most sensitive station, Moscow. In June 1986, he became the first CIA officer to defect to the Soviet Union. Wise, a frequent writer on intelligence issues and co-author (with Thomas B. Ross) of The Invisible Government , interviewed Howard (in Budapest), his family, co-workers, and American counterintelligence officers to prepare this compelling analysis of events and mostly CIA bungles that led to a major U.S. intelligence disaster. The remarkable, clearly told story reveals intriguing snippets of the workings of American intelligence.
650 _aSoviet anti - American espionage
942 _cB
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