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KGB Man : the cold war's most notorious Soviet agent and the first to be exchanged at the Bridge of Spies /

Kuhne, Cecil C., III, 1952-

KGB Man : the cold war's most notorious Soviet agent and the first to be exchanged at the Bridge of Spies / Cecil Kuhne. - xiii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

"A thin, balding, and reclusive middle-aged Russian by the name of Rudolf Ivanovich Abel was one of the Soviet Union's most renowned spies during the Cold War of the 1950s ... until his cover was blown by an incompetent colleague who wanted to defect to the United States. This is the full account of Abel's espionage work, his dramatic apprehension, his eventual conviction and its affirmation by the United States Supreme Court, and finally, his surprising release back to Russia"--

ISBN: 9781637585924 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2023278649

Subjects--Personal Names:
Abel, Rudolf, 1903-1971.
Abel, Rudolf, 1903-1971.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Spies--Soviet Union--Biography.
Spies--Great Britain--Biography.
Espionage, Soviet--United States.
Espionage, Soviet.
Spies.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain.
Soviet Union.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: UB271 .R92 / K96 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 327.1247092 B