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The untold story of the cold war arms race and its dangerous legacy 2009, washington post contributing editor hoffman has strong credentials to tell the unheralded story of adolf. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Click download or read online button to get the billion dollar spy book now. Jul 06, 2015 the title the billion dollar spy refers to the research and manufacturing costs saved by the united states as a result of mr. The billion dollar spy is the true story of an electronics engineer at a secret military aviation institute in moscow who for almost seven years provided the cia with a huge volume of sensitive and valuable intelligence on soviet research and development r%d activities concerning radars, avionics, aa missiles, and other technologies. A true story of cold war espionage and betrayal by hoffman, david e isbn. The billion dollar spy pinnacle digital consortium. Read and download ebook pdf the billion dollar spy. Hoffman chronicles the six year relationship between the. Everything you need to know about the billion dollar spy. Courtesy of david rolphfrom the book the billion dollar spy david rolph, on his first cia tour, took over as tolkachevs case officer in 1980. The billion dollar spy, unintentionally i think evokes a famous item from studies in intelligence many years ago, the million dollar photograph. Adolf tolkachev, a senior engineer in a topsecret soviet aerospace laboratory, becomes one of the most valuable spies ever for the.
Hoffmans scrupulously reported the billion dollar spy, a truelife tale so gripping at times it reads like spy fiction. The winner of the pulitzer prize for his previous book, the dead hand. Adolf tolkachev, a senior engineer in a topsecret soviet aerospace laboratory, becomes one of the most valuable spies ever for the u. Such is the conclusion of david hoffmans account of perhaps the most productive spy.
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