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Book Review of Cassidy's Run : The Secret Spy War Over Nerve Gas

Cassidy's Run : The Secret Spy War Over Nerve Gas
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Cassidy's Run is a riveting story. This nonfiction book deals with a highly secret, 23-year operation Washington mounted against the Soviet Union. Based on thousands of pages of classified documents, this is the story of an ordinary man, named Joe Cassidy, who became a secret weapon in the war of international espionage. If historical fiction is your genre of choice, consider reading this book. It makes nonfiction read like a high-action thriller.