Book: Ben MacIntyre: The Spy and the Traitor

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A fascinating story about how the MI6 recruited a top-level KGB officer, with an in-depth look at his motivation to send information to the British Secret Service.

Besides being a fascinating spy thriller that is not fiction, this book by Ben MacIntyre also shows how Information from this one person helped avoid a major escalation in the Cold War -- few people can claim to have changed the way of the world mostly by themselves. Oleg Gordievsky can.

Well worth the time, both for the story and the political / historical background and insights.