Ebook: The man with the poison gun: a Cold War spy story
Author: Bandera Stepan, Plokhy Serhii, Rebet Lev, Stashynsʹkyĭ Bohdan
- Tags: Assassination, Espionage Soviet, Espionage Soviet--Germany--History, Poisoning, Poisoning--Germany--History--20th century, Political crimes and offenses, Political crimes and offenses--Germany--History--20th century, Political refugees, Political refugees--Germany (West), Politics and government, Spies, Spies--Soviet Union, Ukrainians, Ukrainians--Germany, Biographies, History, Stashynsʹkyĭ Bohdan -- 1931-, Bandera Stepan -- 1909-1959 -- Assassination, Rebet Lev -- 1912-1957 -- Assassination, Bandera St
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Basic Books
- City: Germany;Germany (West);Soviet Union;Ukraine
- Language: English
- epub
From one of the foremost historians of the former Soviet Union, a nonfiction spy thriller about a KGB assassin whose defection to the West changed the face of Cold War espionage
In the fall of 1961, KGB assassin Bogdan Stashinsky defected to West Germany. After spilling his secrets to the CIA, Stashinsky was put on trial in what would be the most publicized assassination case of the entire Cold War. The publicity stirred up by the Stashinsky case forced the KGB to change its modus operandi abroad and helped end the career of Aleksandr Shelepin, one of the most ambitious and dangerous Soviet leaders. Stashinsky's testimony, implicating the Kremlin rulers in political assassinations carried out abroad, shook the world of international politics. Stashinsky's story would inspire films, plays, and books—including Ian Fleming's last James Bond novel, The Man with the Golden Gun.
A thrilling tale of Soviet spy craft, complete with exploding parcels,...