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Bridge of Spies by Giles Whittell (Hardcover, 2011)
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Who were the three men the Soviet and American superpowers exchanged on Berlin's Glienicke Bridge on February 10, 1962, in the first and most legendary prisoner exchange between East and West? Bridge of Spies vividly traces the journeys of these men, whose fate defines the complex conflicts that characterized the most dangerous years of the Cold War. Bridge of Spies is a true story of three men - Rudolf Abel, a Soviet Spy who was a master of disguise; Gary Powers, an American who was captured when his spy plane was shot down by the Russians; and Frederic Pryor, a young American doctor mistakenly identified as a spy and captured by the Soviets. The men in this three-way political swap had been drawn into the nadir of the Cold War by duty and curiosity, and the same tragicomedy of errors that induced Khrushchev to send missiles to Castro. Two of them - the spy and the pilot - were the original seekers of weapons of mass destruction. The third was an intellectual, in over his head. They were rescued against daunting odds by fate and by their families, and then all but forgotten. Even the U2 spy-plane pilot Powers is remembered now chiefly for the way he was vilified in the U.S. on his return. Yet the fates of those men exemplified the pathological mistrust that fueled the arms race for the next 30 years. This is their story.Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-139780857201638
eBay Product ID (ePID)97730483
Product Key Features
Publication Year2011
SubjectGovernment, History
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBridge of Spies
TypeTextbook
AuthorGiles Whittell
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Width153 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorGiles Whittell
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- 01 Apr, 2021
good and with the same title used for the film will attract readers
So much better than the film based on it and viewers of the film will no doubt wish to clarify aspects of it An excellent readVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Feb, 2025
Super quality Books...
Super quality BooksVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 15 Nov, 2016
Great read.
I watched the film and the book expands the story so much more.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
