Cassidy's Run The Secret Spy War over Nerve Gas |
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Author:
| Wise, David |
Series title: | Core Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7838-9144-6 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2000 |
Publisher: | Thorndike Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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From America's leading writer on intelligence and espionage comes the riveting story of one of the best-kept secrets of the Cold War -- an espionage operation mounted by Washington against the Soviet Union that ran for twenty-three years and could have spurred Moscow to create the world's most powerful nerve gas. More than a cloak-and-dagger tale, Cassidy's Run is the spellbinding story of one ordinary man, Sergeant Joe Cassidy, not trained as a spy, who suddenly found himself the...
More DescriptionFrom America's leading writer on intelligence and espionage comes the riveting story of one of the best-kept secrets of the Cold War -- an espionage operation mounted by Washington against the Soviet Union that ran for twenty-three years and could have spurred Moscow to create the world's most powerful nerve gas. More than a cloak-and-dagger tale, Cassidy's Run is the spellbinding story of one ordinary man, Sergeant Joe Cassidy, not trained as a spy, who suddenly found himself the FBI's secret weapon in a dangerous clandestine war.