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The fourth man : the hunt for a KGB spy at the top of the CIA and the rise of Putin's Russia / Robert Baer.
A former CIA officer reveals the never-before-told story of the post-Cold War hunt for a KGB spy in the top ranks of the CIA, led by three women who squared off against a man who could have been the most damaging spy in U.S. history.
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- ISBN: 9780306925610 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: viii, 295 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2022.
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- Baker & Taylor
"In the aftermath of the Cold War, American intelligence caught three high-profiles Russian spies: Robert Hanssen, Aldrich Ames, and Edward Lee Howard. However, rumors have long swirled of another mole, one perhaps more damaging than all the others combined. Perhaps the greatest traitor in American history, perhaps a Russian ruse to tear the CIA apart, or perhaps nothing more than a bogeyman, he is often referred to as the Fourth Man. For the first time ever, New York Times bestselling author and former CIA operative Robert Baer tells the full story. After the Ames arrest, there were too many questions that remained unanswered, including the compromise of so many agents that the US would go on to have no Russian sources of any value at the time of Putin's ascent. The CIA launched another investigation, known as the Special Investigations Unit, to make sure there wasn't another mole in their ranks. Led by three women who had devoted their lives to the CIA, its existence was known to only a few. As they methodically hunted through their own, turning up loose threads, smoking guns, and a KGB source who might clinch it all, they came to a startling conclusion that would shake American intelligence to its core. In a cat-and-mouse game worthy of a le Carrâe novel, the Special Investigations Unit squared off against a man who could have been the most damaging spy in US history, in a chase with the potential to influence the future of America's relationship with Russia and its standing in the world. Until now, the existence of a fourth mole has been widely speculated in public and an all-but-open secret in intelligence circles. Now, with this explosive work, a thriller-like narrative and a masterwork of investigative reporting, Robert Baer blows the lid off the biggest espionage story in years and one of the most important national security stories of our lifetimes"-- - Baker & Taylor
In this real-life thriller, a New York Times best-selling author and former CIA officer tells the never-before-told story of the hunt for a KGB spy in the top ranks of the CIA led by three women who squared off against a man who could have been the most damaging man in history. 60,000 first printing. - Grand Central Pub
The explosive, never-before-told story of the thrilling hunt for a KGB spy in the top ranks of the CIA, revealing how spies blinded the US to the rise of Putin and Russiaâs dangerous future, from New York Times bestselling author and former CIA officer Robert Baer
We think we know all the Cold Warâs greatest spy stories. The tales of Americaâs greatest traitors have been told over and over. However, the biggest story of them all remains untoldâuntil now. Rumors have long swirled of another mole in American intelligence, one perhaps more damaging than all the others combined. Perhaps the greatest traitor in American history, perhaps a Russian ruse to tear the CIA apart, or perhaps nothing more than a bogeyman, he is often referred to as the Fourth Man.Â
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Blowing the lid off the biggest spy story in decades, Robert Baer tells the full, gripping story for the first time. After arrest of KGB spy Aldrich Ames, the CIA launched another investigation to make sure there wasn't another double agent in its ranks. Led by three of the CIAâs best spy hunters, women who devoted their lives to counterintelligence, its existence was known only to a few. They began methodically investigating their own bosses and colleagues, turning up loose threads, suspicious activity, and shocking intelligence from the CIAâs best Russian asset. In the end, they came to a startling conclusion that, whether true or not, would shake American intelligence to its core, setting the stage for a cat-and-mouse game with enormous geopolitical stakes. Spies and moles may seem like bygone cold war history, but with Russia again a misunderstood belligerent power, the skeletons America would rather keep hidden are emerging, and as Robert Baer shows in this thrilling masterwork of investigative reporting, they matter as much now as ever.
