The defector : the untold story of the KGB agent who saved MI5 and changed the Cold War
Kerbaj, Richard2025
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'The Defector' is the untold account of how, in 1971, the defection of a KGB saboteur in London led to the expulsion of more than a hundred Soviet 'diplomats' from the UK. Drawing on newly declassified intelligence documents and dozens of interviews with spymasters, the book tells a startling story of a Soviet mission to plant fake Kremlin agents within British and American intelligence services, the paranoia that ensued, and how the actions of a genuine turncoat, the former KGB officer Oleg Lyalin, and the secrets he revealed resulted to one of the most dramatic and pivotal moments in the Cold War.
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London : Blink, 2025.London : Blink, 2025.
Collation:
x, 342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781789468489 (hbk)
Dewey class:
327.1247
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English
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BRN:
3073508