The Illegals: Double Lives of the Cold War's Most Secret Agents
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The most secret of agents are those known as "illegals", the committed professionals who adopt a carefully-crafted false identity and live in a host community as an unsuspected mole, often for years. Nigel West has been granted unprecedented access by the former spymasters of the KGB to delve into their history. The author also wrote "A Matter of Trust MI5:1945-72", "Molehunt", "Game of Intelligence" and "Britain's Post-War Secret Intelligence Operations".
Author: Nigel West
Format: Hardback, 256 pages, 258mm x 160mm, 522 g
Published: 1998, Hodder & Stoughton, United Kingdom
Genre: International Relations
The most secret of agents are those known as "illegals", the committed professionals who adopt a carefully-crafted false identity and live in a host community as an unsuspected mole, often for years. Nigel West has been granted unprecedented access by the former spymasters of the KGB to delve into their history. The author also wrote "A Matter of Trust MI5:1945-72", "Molehunt", "Game of Intelligence" and "Britain's Post-War Secret Intelligence Operations".