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Spies : the secret showdown between America and Russia

Title
Spies : the secret showdown between America and Russia / Marc Favreau.
Author
Favreau, Marc, 1968-
Publication
  • New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Description
306 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
"An account of the Cold War spies whose survival depended on carefully orchestrated deceptions as they fought in the shadows to help avert global nuclear war and, in so doing, changed the global landscape in ways that are still felt today"--
Subject
  • United States. Central Intelligence Agency > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
  • Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti > History > Juvenile literature
  • KGB > History
  • United States. Central Intelligence Agency > History > 20th century
  • Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoi? bezopasnosti
  • Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti
  • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
  • 1900-1999
  • Spies > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
  • Spies > Soviet Union > History > Juvenile literature
  • Espionage, American > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
  • Espionage, Soviet > History > Juvenile literature
  • Cold War > Juvenile literature
  • Cold War
  • Spies > Soviet Union > History
  • Espionage, American > History > 20th century
  • Espionage, Soviet > History
  • Spies > United States > History > 20th century
  • Espions > URSS > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
  • Espionnage américain > Histoire > 20e siècle > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
  • Espionnage soviétique > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
  • Guerre froide > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
  • YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / Military & Wars
  • YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th century
  • Spies > History > United States > 20th century
  • Spies > History > Soviet Union
  • Diplomatic relations
  • Espionage, American
  • Espionage, Soviet
  • Spies
  • United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union > Juvenile literature
  • Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States > Juvenile literature
  • United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union
  • Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States
  • États-Unis > Relations extérieures > URSS > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
  • URSS > Relations extérieures > États-Unis > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
  • Soviet Union
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Young adult literature.
  • Juvenile works.
  • Informational works.
  • History.
  • Documents d'information.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-293) and index.
Audience (note)
  • Ages 13 and up.
Contents
Prologue: Seeing ghosts -- Part 1: Enemies. The defector -- The spy hunters -- The double -- Part 2: Deep freeze. Capital of the Cold War -- The pilot -- Missiles -- Part 3: Stalemate. Moscow rules -- War games -- The year of the spy -- Part 4: Thaw. The man without a face -- Epilogue: Mole hunt -- Acknowledgments -- KGB: key facts -- CIA: key facts -- Russian espionage since the end of the Cold War -- The CIA since the end of the Cold War -- Cold War timeline -- Cold War glossary -- Glossary of key espionage techniques.
ISBN
  • 9780316545921
  • 0316545929
  • 9780316545907
  • 0316545902
  • 9780316545884 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9780316464901 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2019005698
OCLC
  • on1085582750
  • SCSB-14496166
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library