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Ben Macintyre has established a reputation as a savvy chronicler of modern espionage in such works as Operation Mincemeat and Agent Zigzag. The Spy and the Traitor is the best yet. Relying on interviews with former KGB, CIA, and MI6 officers as well as Oleg Gordievsky and his associates, Macintyre spins a fascinating account of a major Cold War operation. A senior KGB officer motivated by his hatred of the Soviet system, Gordievsky volunteered to MI6 and for years turned over massive documentati
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