Strangers on a Bridge, English edition : The Case of Colonel Abel

ISBN-13: 9781405924900 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 464 str.

James B Donovan

Opis

With the Cold War at its height, the capture and trial of Colonel Abel, the Soviets' most capable and effective spy, revealed the chilling depths of the KGB's penetration of the West. But when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Russia and its CIA pilot, Gary Powers, captured, both men's fates hung in the balance.

Recenzje

Enthralling ... Engrossing ... Truly remarkable New York Times

O autorze

During WWII lawyer James Donovan served with the US Navy and Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA before becoming lead prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials. In January 1962 he walked out across the Glienicke Bridge linking East and West Berlin, the famous Bridge of Spies, to exchange Abel for Powers . . .