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04032aam a22005178i 4500 001 E19136BE2BD811E7922AC3A7DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170428010651 008 170407s2017 nyu b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2017010000 020 $a 0062385887 : HRD 020 $a 9780062385888 : HRD 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a E840.8.D483 $b D482 2017 082 00 $a 327.12092 082 00 $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Dillon, Eva, $e author. 245 10 $a Spies in the family : $b an American spymaster, his Russian crown jewel, and the friendship that helped end the Cold War / $c Eva Dillon. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 1705 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b HarperCollins, $c 2017. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 2 $a "The true story of two spies and their families on opposite sides of the Cold War, told from the first-person perspective of Eva Dillon, the daughter of one of these spies. With impeccable insider access to both families as well as CIA officers, Dillon offers a riveting true-life spy thriller told in the tradition of a family memoir"--Provided by publisher. 520 2 $a "A riveting true-life thriller and revealing memoir from the daughter of an American intelligence officer--the astonishing true story of two spies and their families on opposite sides of the Cold War. In the summer of 1975, seventeen-year-old Eva Dillon'sfamily was living in New Delhi when her father was exposed as a CIA spy. Eva had long believed that her father was a U.S. State Department employee. She had no idea that he was handling the CIA's highest-ranking double agent--Dmitri Fedorovich Polyakov--a Soviet general whose code name was TOPHAT. Dillon's father and Polyakov had a close friendship that went back years, to their first meeting in Burma in the mid-1960s. At the height of the Cold War, the Russian offered the CIA an unfiltered view into thevault of Soviet intelligence. His collaboration helped ensure that tensions between the two nuclear superpowers did not escalate into a shooting war. Spanning fifty years and three continents, Spies in the Family is a deeply researched account of two families on opposite sides of the lethal espionage campaigns of the Cold War, and two men whose devoted friendship lasted a lifetime, until the devastating final days of their lives. With impeccable insider access to both families as well as knowledgeable CIA and FBI officers, Dillon goes beyond the fog of secrecy to craft an unforgettable story of friendship and betrayal, double agents and clandestine lives, that challenges our notions of patriotism, exposing the commonality between peoples of opposing political economic systems. Both a gripping tale of spy craft and a moving personal story, Spies in the Family is an invaluable and heart-rending work. Spies in the Family includes 25 black-and-white photos"--Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Dillon, Paul Leo, $d 1926-1980. 600 10 $a Dillon, Eva $x Childhood and youth. 600 10 $a Poli͡akov, D. F. $q (Dmitri Fedorovich), $d 1921-1988. 650 0 $a Spies $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Spies $z Soviet Union $v Biography. 650 0 $a Children of spies $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Friendship $x Political aspects. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Soviet Union. 651 0 $a Soviet Union $x Foreign relations $z United States. 650 0 $a Cold War $v Biography. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a TRUE CRIME / Espionage. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 6 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629013218.0 952 $l WKPE185 $d 20230310013818.0 952 $l WAPD715 $d 20210924014300.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722054428.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720050011.0 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20180306055917.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E19136BE2BD811E7922AC3A7DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search