Russians Among Us Russians Among Us

Russians Among Us

Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories and the Hunt for Putin’s Agents

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Descrizione dell’editore

The urgent, explosive story of Russia’s espionage efforts against the West from the Cold War to the present – including their interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Like a scene from a le Carre novel or the TV drama The Americans, in the summer of 2010 a group of Russian deep cover sleeper agents were arrested. It was the culmination of a decade-long investigation, and ten people, including Anna Chapman, were swapped for four people held in Russia. At the time it was seen simply as a throwback to the Cold War. But that would prove to be a costly mistake. It was a sign that the Russian threat had never gone away and more importantly, it was shifting into a much more disruptive new phase. Today, the danger is clearer than ever following the poisoning in the UK of one of the spies who was swapped, Sergei Skripal, and the growing evidence of Russian interference in American life.

In this meticulously researched and gripping, novelistic narrative, Gordon Corera uncovers the story of how Cold War spying has evolved – and indeed, is still very much with us.

Russians Among Us describes for the first time the story of deep cover spies in America and the FBI agents who tracked them. In intimate and riveting detail, it reveals new information about today’s spies—as well as those trying to catch them and those trying to kill them.

Reviews

REVIEWS FOR RUSSIANS AMONG US

‘This [is a] superb study of the illegals system … In the West it was erroneously assumed that the illegals programme ended with the Cold War, but as Corera proves it was ramped up and modernised by Putin for the 21st century … Alexander Poteyev was a veteran of the Soviet war in Afghanistan who rose to become deputy head of Directorate S. His story, told here for the first time, is an extraordinary one… Corera tells this astonishing tale with deft authority, placing it in the wider context of Russian intelligence strategy. Few are better versed in the intricacies of the continuing spy war between East and West.’ Ben Macintyre, The Times

‘Extremely readable … A lively and disturbing account of the extraordinary events that led to, and the terrible ones that followed, the Vienna spy swap in 2010, an episode perhaps best remembered in the West for Anna Chapman, the strikingly beautiful socialite who turned out to be a Russian spy.’ Telegraph

‘A lively and engrossing account of the FBI’s decade-long counterintelligence operation … Corera correctly notes that the US and UK were slow to appreciate Russia’s malign intent once Putin became president … Offers a persuasive account of how Moscow had adapted its espionage toolkit … A compelling book that combines good storytelling with subtle understanding of spy methods old and new’
Luke Harding, Observer

About the author

Gordon Corera has been the BBC’s National Security Correspondent since 2004. He has reported from London, Moscow and Washington and is the only journalist to have interviewed serving heads of both the CIA and MI6. He has covered first hand many of the central episodes in the spy-wars between the three countries. He is the author of several books including Secret Pigeon Service and MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service. He has also written and presented BBC documentaries about MI6, the CIA and Russia. He lives in England.

GENERE
Politica e attualità
PUBBLICATO
2020
18 febbraio
LINGUA
EN
Inglese
PAGINE
448
EDITORE
William Collins
DIMENSIONE
5,9
MB

Altri libri di Gordon Corera

Intercept Intercept
2015
Shopping for Bombs Shopping for Bombs
2006
The Art of Betrayal The Art of Betrayal
2011
Operation Columba—The Secret Pigeon Service Operation Columba—The Secret Pigeon Service
2018
Russians Among Us Russians Among Us
2020
Secret Pigeon Service Secret Pigeon Service
2018

Altri hanno acquistato

The Spy who was left out in the Cold The Spy who was left out in the Cold
2021
The Zimmermann Telegram The Zimmermann Telegram
2014
From Russia with Blood From Russia with Blood
2019
Legacy of Violence Legacy of Violence
2022
Indian Summer Indian Summer
2012
Ancient Worlds Ancient Worlds
2016