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The Storm Birds: Soviet Postwar Defectors
The Storm Birds Soviet Postwar Defectors Author:Gordon Brook-Shepherd Since the end of World War II, more than forty high-level Soviet KGB and military intelligence officers have changed their allegiance and gone over to the West. Now, for the first time, the true stories of a dozen of these elite defectors are told in this major, authoritative work. These dramatic stories -- of secret meetings and desperate escap... more »es, of wives, mistresses, and families abandoned, of intrigues within the Kremlin -- rival the most sensational spy fiction and offer an unsettling insider's view of global calamities barely averted. An engrossing book full of revelations and insights about the mind of the defector. Photos.« less