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Zusatztext [A] fine study . . . Steve Vogel does a superb job of bringing this woeful tale to life Informationen zum Autor Steve Vogel was born in Berlin! where his father! a CIA case officer! served from 1957 to 1962! during some of the tensest days of the Cold War. As a reporter for the Washington Post for two decades! he wrote frequently about military affairs and the treatment of veterans from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. His reporting about the war in Afghanistan was part of a package of Washington Post stories selected as a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize. He covered the war in Iraq and the first Gulf War! as well as U.S. military operations in Rwanda! Somalia! and the Balkans! and the September 11! 2001! terrorist attack on the Pentagon. Klappentext Magnificent story-telling, meticulously researched. A fascinating commentary on the height of the Cold War' Peter Snow The astonishing true story of the West's greatest espionage operation of the Cold War - and the Soviet mole who betrayed it. Its code name was "Operation Gold," a wildly audacious tunnel into East Berlin to tap into critical KGB and Soviet military telecommunication lines. Success would provide the CIA and the British Secret Intelligence Service access to a vast treasure of intelligence. Yet as the Allies were burrowing into the German soil, George Blake, code-named Agent Diamond by his Soviet handlers, was burrowing into the operation itself. . . A heart pounding account of bluff and double bluff, Betrayal in Berlin vividly recreates the frostiest days of the Cold War, and the highest accomplishment of Soviet espionage.A true Cold War espionage thriller set in the ultra-secret Berlin Tunnel - where British officer George Blake must run a high-stakes double cross to maintain his cover. Zusammenfassung A true Cold War espionage thriller set in the ultra-secret Berlin Tunnel - where British officer George Blake must run a high-stakes double cross to maintain his cover....
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A spy thriller that kept me up all night. Magnificent story-telling, always clear, every episode meticulously researched. It's also a fascinating commentary on the height of the Cold War with Eisenhower, Kennedy and Khrushchev intimately involved in the skulduggery in Berlin Peter Snow
