| Description |
437 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"Nieznany bohater tajnej wojny CIA z KGB."--Cover. |
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Translation of: The billion dollar spy: A true story of Cold War espionage and betrayal. |
| Bibliography |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
"Jednym z największych sukcesów amerykańskiej CIA (Centralnej Agencji Wywiadowczej) na terenie przeciwnika było pozyskanie w 1979 roku Adolfa Tołkaczowa. Ten inżynier z Moskwy, specjalista od radarów, powodowany niechęcią do systemu komunistycznego i sympatią do dysydentów takich jak Andriej Sacharow czy Aleksander Sołżenicyn, przekazał CIA tysiące stron tajnych dokumentów. Dzięki niemu Amerykanie poznali silne i słabe strony radzieckich systemów radarowych i obrony powietrznej. Mogli też namierzać i wprowadzać w błąd urządzenia radarowe montowane w radzieckich samolotach wojskowych. Cenny agent działający pod nosem KGB wpadł w 1985 roku wskutek zdrady w szeregach CIA i rok później został stracony. Wartość informacji dostarczonych przez Tołkaczowa wyceniono w USA na okrągły miliard dolarów." -- From bookseller's website. |
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While getting into his car on the evening of February 16, 1978, the chief of the CIA's Moscow station was handed an envelope by an unknown Russian. Its contents stunned the Americans: details of top-secret Soviet research and development in military technology that was totally unknown to the United States. From 1979 to 1985, Adolf Tolkachev, an engineer at a military research center, cracked open the secret Soviet military research establishment, using his access to hand over tens of thousands of pages of material about the latest advances in aviation technology, alerting the Americans to possible developments years in the future. He was one of the most productive and valuable spies ever to work for the United States in the four decades of global confrontation with the Soviet Union. Tolkachev took enormous personal risks, but so did his CIA handlers. Moscow station was a dangerous posting to the KGB's backyard. The CIA had long struggled to recruit and run agents in Moscow, and Tolkachev became a singular breakthrough. With hidden cameras and secret codes, and in face-to-face meetings with CIA case officers in parks and on street corners, Tolkachev and the CIA worked to elude the feared KGB. Drawing on previously secret documents obtained from the CIA, as well as interviews with participants, Hoffman reveals how the depredations of the Soviet state motivated one man to master the craft of spying against his own nation until he was betrayed to the KGB by a disgruntled former CIA trainee. |
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Tolkachev, Adolf, 1927-1986.
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
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Spies -- United States -- Biography.
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Spies -- Russia (Federation) -- Moscow -- Biography.
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Engineers -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Aeronautics -- Research -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Espionage, American -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Cold War.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Tolkachev, Adolf, 1927-1986. (OCoLC)fst01936537
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency. (OCoLC)fst00536259
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Aeronautics -- Research. (OCoLC)fst00798376
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Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
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Engineers. (OCoLC)fst00910639
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Espionage, American. (OCoLC)fst00915388
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Spies. (OCoLC)fst01129772
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Russia (Federation) -- Moscow.
(OCoLC)fst01205741
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Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Cold War (1945-1989) (OCoLC)fst01754978
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Kompanowski, Michał, translator.
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| Added Title |
Billion dollar spy. Polish
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| ISBN |
9788311157415 (paperback) |
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8311157413 (paperback) |
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