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Oleg Gordievsky was the highest ranking KGB officer ever to work for Britain. For eleven years, from 1974 to 1985, he acted as a secret agent, reporting to the British Secret Intelligence Service while continuing to work as a KGB officer, first in Copenhagen, then in London. He provided Western security organizations with such a clear insight into the mind and methods of the KGB and the larger Soviet government that he has been credited with doing more than any other individual in the West to accelerate the collapse of Communism.In this thrilling memoir, Gordievsky lays out his extraordinary, meticulously planned escape from Russia, a story that has been described as 'one of the boldest and most extraordinary episodes in the history of spying.' (Ben Macintyre - The Times)Peopled with bizarre, dangerous and corrupt characters, Gordievsky introduces the reader to the fantastical world of the Soviet Embassy, tells of the British MPs and trade unionists who helped and took money from the KGB, and reveals at last what the author told Margaret Thatcher and other world leaders which made him of such value to the West.Gordievsky’s autobiography gives a fascinating account of life as a secret agent. It also paints the most graphic picture yet of the paranoid incompetence, alongside the ruthless determination, of the all-encompassing and sometimes ridiculous KGB.Praise for Oleg Gordievsky'Gordievsky's extraordinary courage, mental toughness and self-possession are heroic.' – The SpectatorOleg Gordievsky was born in Moscow in 1938. He attended the Moscow State Institute of International Relations where he specialized in German. He was sent to East Berlin as a diplomatic trainee in August 1961. Two days after his arrival, the Wall went up. In 1962 he joined the KGB and was posted to Copenhagen and London. He worked as a secret agent for eleven years until his dramatic escape to the West in 1985. He is the author of KGB: The Inside Story.

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so some of you might be disappointed. But to me, that was a revelation in itself. The personalities as much as the ideology seem to have driven Mr Gordievsky's decision to switch sides, and in fact his insights into these personalities and office culture, he felt, were as valuable as any hard facts that he might have shared with the British. Those KGB guys grew up tough and had to overcome a lot just to get posted, and then face a lot of office intrigue just to keep their jobs. Interesting insights into the culture of fantasy report writing to give the higher ups reinforcement of their world view, or to give themselves credit for fantasy achievements in operations of no real significance. So some idealism had to be lost along the way. Mr Gordievsky does a good job in describing the process.It's hard to believe that this kind of stuff doesn't happen in Western governments. For example, Thatcher's cool reception to Gordievsky's analysis of the possible positive Soviet attitude toward German reunification. Not what she wanted to hear, so it's not difficult to imagine that her subordinates were drafting reports that supported her anti reunification position. He certainly felt like he had lost status in her eyes by coming up with ideas she didn't want to hear. Interesting too was his account of his loss of status with the CIA over time, when his accommodations evolved from 5-star hotels and catered dinners to vending machine coffee sold in stairwells and okay hotels wherever. My guess is that this was not a degradation of his importance, but instead a sign that Mr Gordievsky had been accepted as a fellow colleague, and therefore no special accommodations were needed. He had become one of the guys, a part of the team. Or it could be I'm wrong, and that the stinginess of the CIA was just another government cost cutting initiative. Or it could be that his importance had in fact diminished over time--Mr Gordievsky's take on the matter. Who knows?All in all, facing tough personal challenges to his family situation, it looks like the guy was able to maintain some mental balance, but not surprisingly, it looks like he's ending up life kind of lonely. As the Spanish say, though the treason may please, the traitor is hated [aunque la traición aplace, el traidor se aborrece]. It may indeed be one world, but people still identify their country in terms of the government that happens to be running it rather than the country itself. It's part of the price we pay for turning nationalism into a state religion. A few, like Mr Gordievsky, can see past it, but boy there's one hell of a price to pay for acting on that vision.A good book for anyone interested in the personalities and KGB culture back in the 70s and 80s, or for anyone looking for background info on growing up in Russia post WW II.

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