Vin Arthey

Abel: The True Story of the Spy They Traded for Gary Powers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A singular and absorbing true account of Cold War espionage; the story behind Steven Spielberg's film Bridge of Spies.

Produktdetails

• Dialogue Espionage Classics
• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9781849549691
• ISBN-10: 1849549699
• Artikelnr.: 43458453

Autorenporträt

Vin Arthey is a writer and researcher.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements vii
List of abbreviations ix
A note on the Fisher names xi
Prologue xiii
1 German-Russian beginnings 1
2 Newcastle upon Tyne 9
3 Gun-running 18
4 To the coast 32
5 Return to Russia 45
6 Recruitment 55
7 Scandinavian mission 68
8 Home again - Moscow and London 80
9 The Great Purge 93
10 Special Tasks 104
11 Training for a new assignment 123
12 First US missions 131
13 Undercover artist 141
14 Testing times 156
15 Trial 170
16 Exchange of prisoners 182
17 An unquiet death 194
Epilogue 202
Bibliography 207
Notes 216
Index