{"product_id":"the-spy-and-the-traitor-the-greatest-espionage-story-of-the-cold-war-by-ben-macintyre","title":"The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBESTSELLER • From the celebrated author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOperation Mincement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Siege\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomes the thrilling\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAmericans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The best true spy story I have ever read.”—JOHN LE CARRÉ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e• Shortlisted for the Bailie Giffords Prize in Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation’s communism as both criminal and philistine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union’s top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6. For nearly a decade, as the Cold War reached its twilight, Gordievsky helped the West turn the tables on the KGB, exposing Russian spies and helping to foil countless intelligence plots, as the Soviet leadership grew increasingly paranoid at the United States’s nuclear first-strike capabilities and brought the world closer to the brink of war. Desperate to keep the circle of trust close, MI6 never revealed Gordievsky’s name to its counterparts in the CIA, which in turn grew obsessed with figuring out the identity of Britain’s obviously top-level source. Their obsession ultimately doomed Gordievsky: the CIA officer assigned to identify him was none other than Aldrich Ames, the man who would become infamous for secretly spying for the Soviets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnfolding the delicious three-way gamesmanship between America, Britain, and the Soviet Union, and culminating in the gripping cinematic beat-by-beat of Gordievsky’s nail-biting escape from Moscow in 1985, Ben Macintyre has crafted an electrifying account of an international hero. Like the greatest novels of John le Carré, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Spy and the Traitor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings readers deep into a world of treachery and betrayal, where the lines bleed between the personal and the professional, and one man’s hatred of communism had the power to change the future of nations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Lovers BD","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54997785870627,"sku":null,"price":410.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54997785903395,"sku":null,"price":540.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54997785936163,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/5872\/2083\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_de921f7b-361a-4b09-9327-8192a11a2bef.webp?v=1777366736","url":"https:\/\/www.bookloversbd.shop\/products\/the-spy-and-the-traitor-the-greatest-espionage-story-of-the-cold-war-by-ben-macintyre","provider":"Book Lovers BD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}