Bridge of spies : a true story of the Cold War

Summary: Documents the stories of three men at the center of a legendary first prisoner exchange between the Soviet Union and America. Whittell describes the chance events that contributed to their captures and rescues, and their indirect contributions to triggering the arms race.

Record details

ISBN: 9780767931083
ISBN: 0767931084
ISBN: 9780307719980
Physical Description: print
xxii, 274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
Edition: First paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : Broadway Paperbacks, [2010]
Copyright: ©2010

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Originally published in hardcover ... by Broadway Books ... in 2010"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-262) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Missions implausible. The waterspout ; The agent ; The pilot ; The innocent -- Spy catchers. Stakeout ; American justice ; Falling from a long way up -- Caught in the act. City of cowboys and Indians ; A first-class panic ; Soviet justice ; The man in the scarlet sports car -- Anatomy of a deal. Poker for table stakes ; Three men and a bridge.