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ISBN
149641683X
EAN
9781496416834
Date of Publication
20180301
Publication Name
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Type
Paperback / softback
Release Title
Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a K...
Artist
Jack Barsky
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
ISBN-10
149641683X
ISBN-13
9781496416834
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5038762912

Product Key Features

Book Title
Deep Undercover : My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances As a Kgb Spy in America
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Germany, Christian Life / Inspirational, Espionage, Intelligence & Espionage, Personal Memoirs, Historical
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, Political Science, True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Jack Barsky
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
5.8 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
The making of "an undercover agent spying on behalf of the Soviet Union." Born Albrecht Dittrich in 1949 in East Germany, Barsky recounts his meticulously prepared career as a KGB spy, his mission as an embedded agent in the United States, and his subsequent coming out of the cold in the late 1980s. All his life, Barsky enjoyed sterling accomplishments, from winning the prestigious Karl Marx Scholarship in 1970 to graduating to an assured career as a professor in chemistry; later, at age 40, he graduated as the valedictorian from Baruch College in New York. Early on, as a good Young Pioneer and member of the Communist Party, the stoical, determined youth vowed that if he ever got the chance, he would somehow contribute "to the destruction of the evil forces of fascism and capitalism." That opportunity arrived with his recruitment by a KGB agent, and he agreed to give up his chemistry career in order to be trained in Russian espionage under the code name Dieter. Aside from his training in Berlin in the "rules of conspiracy," including mastering shortwave radio and Morse code, cryptography, secret writing, photography, dead-drop operations, and surveillance detection, Barsky had to undergo rigorous instruction in English--in Moscow, no less. After two years, he was ready to embed in the West, first to Canada and then to New York, where he worked as a bike messenger while gradually acquiring the necessary documents for permanent residency. As an illegal, he assumed the identity of a certain Jack Barsky, who had died in 1955. Yet Barsky's American life, including a job at an insurance company and a wife and child (another family had to be left in Germany), was too good to be true; when his identity was compromised, he boldly defied KBG orders to return, slipping under the radar thanks largely to the collapse of the Soviet Union. An intriguing inside look at international espionage.
Dewey Decimal
327.1247073092
Synopsis
One decision can end everything . . . or lead to unlikely redemption. Millions watched the CBS 60 Minutes special on Jack Barsky in 2015. Now, in this fascinating memoir, the Soviet KGB agent tells his story of gut-wrenching choices, appalling betrayals, his turbulent inner world, and the secret life he lived for years without getting caught.On October 8, 1978, a Canadian national by the name of William Dyson stepped off a plane at O'Hare International Airport and proceeded toward Customs and Immigration.Two days later, William Dyson ceased to exist.The identity was a KGB forgery, used to get one of their owna young, ambitious East German agentinto the United States.The plan succeeded, and the spy's new identity was born: Jack Barsky. He would work undercover for the next decade, carrying out secret operations during the Cold War years . . . until a surprising shift in his allegiance challenged everything he thought he believed.In this deeply personal and gripping true story, Barsky exposes: The recruitment process and espionage training used by the KGB His time working in America as a secret agent How he unraveled the political ideologies instilled by the Communist Party The spiritual awakening that changed everything Deep Undercover will reveal the secret life of this man without a country and tell the story no one ever expected him to tell., One decision can end everything . . . or lead to unlikely redemption. Millions watched the CBS 60 Minutes special on Jack Barsky in 2015. Now, in this fascinating memoir, the Soviet KGB agent tells his story of gut-wrenching choices, appalling betrayals, his turbulent inner world, and the secret life he lived for years without getting caught.On October 8, 1978, a Canadian national by the name of William Dyson stepped off a plane at O'Hare International Airport and proceeded toward Customs and Immigration.Two days later, William Dyson ceased to exist.The identity was a KGB forgery, used to get one of their own--a young, ambitious East German agent--into the United States.The plan succeeded, and the spy's new identity was born: Jack Barsky. He would work undercover for the next decade, carrying out secret operations during the Cold War years . . . until a surprising shift in his allegiance challenged everything he thought he believed. Deep Undercover will reveal the secret life of this man without a country and tell the story no one ever expected him to tell.
LC Classification Number
UB271.R92B37753 2017
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