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The Resource The billion dollar spy : a true story of Cold War espionage and betrayal, David E Hoffman, (electronic resource)

The billion dollar spy : a true story of Cold War espionage and betrayal, David E Hoffman, (electronic resource)

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Dead Hand comes the riveting story of the CIA's most valuable spy in the Soviet Union and an evocative portrait of the agency's Moscow station, an outpost of daring espionage in the last years of the Cold War. While getting into his car on the evening of February 16, 1978, the chief of the CIA's Moscow station was handed an envelope by an unknown Russian. Its contents stunned the Americans: details of top-secret Soviet research and development in military technology that was totally unknown to the United States. From 1979 to 1985, Adolf Tolkachev, an engineer at a military research center, cracked open the secret Soviet military research establishment, using his access to hand over tens of thousands of pages of material about the latest advances in aviation technology, alerting the Americans to possible developments years in the future. He was one of the most productive and valuable spies ever to..
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eng
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1 online resource (10 audio files (11 hr., 54 min.))
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  • Available to Vancouver Residents only
  • Residents of other municipalities should check their local library
  • Unabridged
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9781101913932
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http://vpl.lib.overdrive.com/C3388E12-CE56-4C0F-B2C1-D40D0E5BF930/10/50/en/ContentDetails.htm?id=E27A842E-7610-4A64-A3F7-591238462641
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The billion dollar spy : a true story of Cold War espionage and betrayal
Title
The billion dollar spy
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a true story of Cold War espionage and betrayal
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David E Hoffman
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Language
eng
Summary
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Dead Hand comes the riveting story of the CIA's most valuable spy in the Soviet Union and an evocative portrait of the agency's Moscow station, an outpost of daring espionage in the last years of the Cold War. While getting into his car on the evening of February 16, 1978, the chief of the CIA's Moscow station was handed an envelope by an unknown Russian. Its contents stunned the Americans: details of top-secret Soviet research and development in military technology that was totally unknown to the United States. From 1979 to 1985, Adolf Tolkachev, an engineer at a military research center, cracked open the secret Soviet military research establishment, using his access to hand over tens of thousands of pages of material about the latest advances in aviation technology, alerting the Americans to possible developments years in the future. He was one of the most productive and valuable spies ever to..
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Hoffman, David E.
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Narrator: Dan Woren
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Woren, Dan
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  • Tolkachev, Adolf
  • United States
  • Spies
  • Spies
  • Engineers
  • Aeronautics
  • Espionage, American
  • Cold War
  • United States
  • Soviet Union
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The billion dollar spy : a true story of Cold War espionage and betrayal, David E Hoffman, (electronic resource)
Link
http://vpl.lib.overdrive.com/C3388E12-CE56-4C0F-B2C1-D40D0E5BF930/10/50/en/ContentDetails.htm?id=E27A842E-7610-4A64-A3F7-591238462641
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Publication
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  • Available to Vancouver Residents only
  • Residents of other municipalities should check their local library
  • Unabridged
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digital storage
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
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stereophonic
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spoken word
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  • spw
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rdacontent
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (10 audio files (11 hr., 54 min.))
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online
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not applicable
Isbn
9781101913932
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(sound recording)
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  • audio
  • computer
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  • rdamedia
  • rdamedia
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  • s
  • c
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sound
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digital recording
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  • remote
  • other
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unknown
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  • 4663152
  • ocn928759071
  • (OCoLC)928759071
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The billion dollar spy : a true story of Cold War espionage and betrayal, David E Hoffman, (electronic resource)
Link
http://vpl.lib.overdrive.com/C3388E12-CE56-4C0F-B2C1-D40D0E5BF930/10/50/en/ContentDetails.htm?id=E27A842E-7610-4A64-A3F7-591238462641
Publication
Note
  • Available to Vancouver Residents only
  • Residents of other municipalities should check their local library
  • Unabridged
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (10 audio files (11 hr., 54 min.))
Form of item
online
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781101913932
Isbn Type
(sound recording)
Media category
  • audio
  • computer
Media MARC source
  • rdamedia
  • rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
  • c
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • remote
  • other
Speed
unknown
System control number
  • 4663152
  • ocn928759071
  • (OCoLC)928759071
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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