{"product_id":"next-stop-execution-the-autobiography-of-oleg-gordievsky-paperback","title":"Next Stop Execution: The Autobiography of Oleg Gordievsky - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOleg Gordievsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOleg Gordievsky was the highest ranking KGB officer ever to work for Britain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor eleven years, from 1974 to 1985, he acted as a secret agent, reporting to the British Secret Intelligence Service while continuing to work as a KGB officer, first in Copenhagen, then in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe provided Western security organizations with such a clear insight into the mind and methods of the KGB and the larger Soviet government that he has been credited with doing more than any other individual in the West to accelerate the collapse of Communism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this thrilling memoir, Gordievsky lays out his extraordinary, meticulously planned escape from Russia, a story that has been described as \u003cstrong\u003e'one of the boldest and most extraordinary episodes in the history of spying.'\u003c\/strong\u003e (Ben Macintyre - \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeopled with bizarre, dangerous and corrupt characters, Gordievsky introduces the reader to the fantastical world of the Soviet Embassy, tells of the British MPs and trade unionists who helped and took money from the KGB, and reveals at last what the author told Margaret Thatcher and other world leaders which made him of such value to the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordievsky's autobiography gives a fascinating account of life as a secret agent. It also paints the most graphic picture yet of the paranoid incompetence, alongside the ruthless determination, of the all-encompassing and sometimes ridiculous KGB.\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Oleg Gordievsky...\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Gordievsky's extraordinary courage, mental toughness and self-possession are heroic.' - \u003cem\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOleg Gordievsky\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Moscow in 1938. He attended the Moscow State Institute of International Relations where he specialized in German. He was sent to East Berlin as a diplomatic trainee in August 1961. Two days after his arrival, the Wall went up. In 1962 he joined the KGB and was posted to Copenhagen and London. He worked as a secret agent for eleven years until his dramatic escape to the West in 1985. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eKGB: The Inside Story.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 466\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.04 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978546872621,"sku":"9781839014901","price":24.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/aGIrSGdwMlB5VGtCOU9lbXYzeWdrUT09.webp?v=1775805741","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/next-stop-execution-the-autobiography-of-oleg-gordievsky-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}