Spy Trader: Germany's Devil's Advocate and the Darkest Secrets of the Cold War

Whitney, Craig R.

ISBN 10: 0812922212 / ISBN 13: 9780812922219

Published by Times Books, New York, 1993

About this Item

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. 375 pages, with bibliography, Index and photos. During the Cold War, East German lawyer Wolfgang Heinrich Vogel acted as the go-between for spy swaps and other confidential exchanges between East and West. While deals involving Francis Gary Powers, Rudolf Abel, and Anatoly Shcharansky made the headlines, more importantly Vogel arranged for the transfer to the West of thousands of East Germans in return for large payments to the East German government. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spy Trader: Germany's Devil's Advocate and the Darkest Secrets of the Cold War
• Publisher: Times Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812922212
• ISBN 13: 9780812922219
• Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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  • History: MILITARY HISTORY

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Synopsis

A true-life spy saga THE NEW YORK TIMES hails as "a fascinating tale, the material of John Le Carre and Len Deighton" and John Le Carre, himself, calls, "a revelation" is now in papareback.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

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spy saga THE NEW YORK TIMES hails as "a fascinating tale, the material of John Le Carre and Len Deighton" and John Le Carre, himself, calls, "a revelation" is now in papareback.<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>