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Author:

Russo, Gus, author.

Title:

Best of enemies : the last great spy story of the Cold War / Gus Russo and Eric Dezenhall.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Twelve,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

vi, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Platt, Jack,--1936-2017.
Vasilenko, Gennady,--1941-
Spies--United States--Biography.
Spies--Soviet Union--Biography.
Spies--Russia (Federation)--Biography.
United States.--Central Intelligence Agency--Officials and employees--Biography.
Soviet Union.--Komitet gosudarstvenno♯Ư bezopasnosti--Officials and employees--Biography.
Espionage--United States--History.
Espionage--Soviet Union--History.
Male friendship.

Other Authors:

Dezenhall, Eric, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-321) and index.

Contents:

Apprentice spies -- All roads lead to Washington -- Contact -- Musketeers -- The Ioc -- The quisling -- Softly, softly, catchee monkey -- Havana takedown -- Sasha -- An old enemy -- A second reunion -- Going public -- A heavy box of caviar -- Calm before the storm -- You don't know me -- The Gulag redux -- The red button -- End games.

Summary:

"The story of two Cold War spies - CIA agent Jack Platt and KGB agent Genya Vasilenko - and their improbable friendship at a time when they should have been anything but."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1538761319
9781538761311

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1019841610

LCCN:

2017056747

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)