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  ▼a  9780593319680
  ▼q  (hardcover)

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  ▼a  9780593313725
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  ▼z  9780593319697
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  ▼a  (The) illegals :
  ▼b  Russia's most audacious spies and their century-long mission to infiltrate the West /
  ▼d  Shaun Walker

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  ▼a  1st hardcover ed.

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  ▼a  New York, NY :
  ▼b  Alfred A. Knopf,
  ▼c  2025

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  ▼a  433 p., [8] p. of plates :
  ▼b  ill., ports. ;
  ▼c  24 cm

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  ▼a  Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-412) and index

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  ▼a  "A century ago, the new Bolshevik government began sending Soviet citizens abroad as deep-cover spies, training them to pose as foreign aristocrats, merchants, and students. Over time, this became the most ambitious espionage program in human history. Many intelligence agencies use undercover operatives, but the KGB was the only one to go to such lengths, spending years training its spies to pass for foreigners, then sending them on missions that could last for decades. These spies were known as the illegals. During the Cold War, illegals were dispatched to assassinate world leaders and steal technological secrets-the greatest among them performed remarkable feats, while many others failed in their missions or cracked under the strain of living a double life. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with illegals and their descendants, as well as archival research in more than a dozen countries, Shaun Walker brings the illegals to life in a page-turning tour-de-force that takes us into the heart of the KGB's most secretive program. A riveting spy drama peopled with richly drawn characters, The Illegals also uncovers a hidden thread in the story of Russia itself. As Putin extols Soviet achievements and the KGB's espionage prowess, and Moscow continues to infiltrate illegals across the globe, this timely narrative shines new light on the long arc of the Soviet experiment, its messy aftermath, and its influence on our world at large"--Provided by publisher

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  ▼a  Soviet Union.
  ▼b  Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti

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  ▼a  Sluzhba vneshneĭ razvedki Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii

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  ▼a  Espionage, Soviet
  ▼x  History

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  ▼a  Espionage, Russian
  ▼x  History

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  ▼a  Spies
  ▼z  Soviet Union
  ▼x  History

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  ▼a  Spies
  ▼z  Russia (Federation)
  ▼x  History

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  ▼a  Soviet Union
  ▼x  Relations
  ▼z  Western countries

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  ▼a  Western countries
  ▼x  Relations
  ▼z  Soviet Union

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  ▼a  Russia (Federation)
  ▼x  Relations
  ▼z  Western countries

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  ▼a  Western countries
  ▼x  Relations
  ▼z  Russia (Federation)

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  ▼a  Walker, Shaun,
  ▼c  (Journalist),
  ▼e  author

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  ▼b  $32

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  ▼a  단행본