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Read * Farewell: The Greatest Spy Story of the Twentieth Century PDF by * Sergei Kostin, Eric Raynaud eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Farewell: The Greatest Spy Story of the Twentieth Century Soviet/KGB Espionage: One Man's Descent into the Black Hole of No Return Erika Borsos When Vladimir Vetrov was asked by his French contact, Patrick Ferrant what would happen to them if they were caught, Vladimir also known as Volodia replied, "For me it will be a bullet in the back of the head; for you, a stupid accident, with your wife; a truck perhaps, or an unfortunate fall on the subway track in front of an oncoming train" (quoted from page 167). This book is about the life story of Vladimir
| Title | : | Farewell: The Greatest Spy Story of the Twentieth Century |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.98 (584 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1611090261 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 446 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-05 |
| Language | : | English |
The notes he gave me from his research were the start of my investigation, because I realized how relevant this case was for the present day--and Farewell's complex personality was intriguing to me.Q: There are many sides to this story: Russian, French, American. And on top of that, a Russian journalist researching a book about espionage looks suspicious. As a result of Eric's work, our book on Farewell's case became much more consistent from an international perspective.Q: Because Vetrov is viewed as a traitor in Russia, you initially published your book in France rather than your home country. He had asked for the Farewell dossier in order to learn about
Soviet/KGB Espionage: One Man's Descent into the Black Hole of No Return Erika Borsos When Vladimir Vetrov was asked by his French contact, Patrick Ferrant what would happen to them if they were caught, Vladimir also known as Volodia replied, "For me it will be a bullet in the back of the head; for you, a stupid accident, with your wife; a truck perhaps, or an unfortunate fall on the subway track in front of an oncoming train" (quoted from page 167). This book is about the life story of Vladimir Vetrov, a KGB intelligence officer who voluntarily became a double agent working for the French. if given with a great degree of historical accuracy Lit Teacher Since this is history, the authors can and do play a bit with what readers can be reasonably expected to know about the period which is the background of this book. There are some unfortunate moments with the language, but it's reasonable for the most part.The pictures of the people were interesting, but pictures of the buildings not always so.But the story of Farewell is more interesting than any Ian Fleming, Tom Clancy, or John le Carré novel. This is real life, not smoothly worked out plot. Not . Different kind of spy book, follows the spy & his thinking. Very different kind of spy book. The author goes into the psychological aspects of the spy & speculates why he did it from evidence gathered. The last chapter for me went into way too much detail and I just couldn't read it. But other than that it was quite interesting to follow the story and realize what a difference this one man made to help the West. He was in a unique position to make the West aware of who was spying in various countries for the Russians & to let the West know HOW the USSR was stealin
Desperate and needing redemption, he offers his services to the DST. Soon, burdened by a troubled marriage and frustrated at a flailing career, Vetrov turns to alcohol. He uses his post within the KGB to steal and photocopy files of the USSR’s plans for the West—all under Brezhnev’s nose. Ronald Reagan and François Mitterrand are sworn in as presidents of the Unites States and France, respectively. 1981. Following a couple of murky incidents, however, Vetrov is removed from the field and placed at a desk as an analyst. Probing further into Vetrov’s psychological profile than ever before, Kostin and Raynaud provide groundbreaking insight into the man whose life helped hasten the fall of the Communist Soviet Regime.. Thus Agent Farewell is born. The tension due to Mitterrand’s French Communist support, however, is immediately defused when he gives Reagan the Farewell Dossier, a file he would later call “one of the greatest spy cases of the twentieth century.” Vladimir Ippolitovitch Vetrov, a promising technical student, joins the KGB to work as a spy
She participated in trade negotiations with Vetrov's peers, in Paris and in Moscow, during those years. She was Thomson-CSF interpreter during the Vetrov years, working directly with Jacques Prévost, Vetrov's initial French contact, and Xavier Ameil, his first handler. Catherine Cauvin-Higgins is a French-Russian-English translator. . First published in France in 1997 under the title Bonjour Farewell, Farewell was the fruit of two years of painstaking investigati
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