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Nov 05, 2016 hoffmans look into the story of tolkachev, the billiondollar spy, is exciting and thrilling, while also being a tragic emotional roller coaster. Get indepth analysis delivered right to your inbox. The spy himself was paid for his risks in rubles and in a u. Mckenna hall, room 100 lunchtime lecture with mike mears mike mears graduated from west point and received an mba from harvard business school. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the release dates submission guide. The craft of research, 2nd edition chicago guides to writing. Hoffman chronicles the six year relationship between the central intelligence agency cia and engineer, adolf tolkachev, who spied on the soviet union for the united states. How a billion dollar spy stole soviet secrets and helped the u. Hoffman is a contributing editor at the washington post. David hoffman talked about his book, the billion dollar spy. Air force adolf tolkachev is shown here on vacation near the baltic sea in the early 1970s. The billion dollar spy studies in intelligence vol 60, no. The billion dollar spy, unintentionally i think evokes a famous item from studies in intelligence many years ago, the million dollar photograph.
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