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Cold War spy’s secrets averted nuclear war, or fueled deception?
Dead Drop
TheTrue Story of Oleg Penkovsky and the Cold War's Most Dangerous Operation
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368 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2014
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Summary
The astonishing true story of how the CIA, MI6 and a Soviet defector saved the world in 1962, as told in the new film, The Courier, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
In August 1960, a Soviet colonel called Oleg Penkovsky tried to make contact with the West. His first attempt was to approach two young American students in Moscow. He handed them a bulky envelope and pleaded with them to deliver it to the American embassy.
MI6 and the CIA came to believe Penkovsky was genui…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849839297 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849839298 |
| Author: | Jeremy Duns |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 296g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm |
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About The Author
Jeremy Duns
Jeremy Duns is British, but currently lives and works in Stockholm.
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