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Learn About America's Most Valuable Spy In A Fraction Of The Time It Takes To Read The Actual Book!!!
Hoffman’s look into the story of Tolkachev, the billion-dollar spy, is exciting and thrilling, while also being a tragic emotional roller coaster. Hoffman presents the events in such a way the raises the stakes of each operation to its peak.
Every meeting, whether between Tolkachev or another of the spies featured in the book is supplemented by the exact right amount of background information—not so much that it becomes boring, but enough to know just how much danger everybody is in. The inclusion of background details about each person creates palpable emotional attachment when things start going wrong. Hoffman’s write-up of these events reminds us that the people of the CIA and the citizens of the Soviet Union, even KGB officers, are all real people striving for what they believe is good and right.
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The Billion Dollar Spy | Summary - Summary Station
Summary and Analysis of David E. Hoffman’s
"The Billion Dollar Spy:
A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal"
By Summary Station
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First Printing, 2015
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Epilogue
Thanks for Reading
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Prologue
Hoffman sets the tone by describing an elaborate plan to reestablish contact with a valuable spy. It’s 1982, and the CIA uses phones they know are going to be monitored by the KGB to plan a fake birthday party. Two men and the wives
are driving down the road, one fake wife holding a birthday cake. They know they are being followed. The car turns out of sight, but will only be out of view for a few seconds. Quickly, one of the men slips out of the car while the wife with the cake immediately places it in the now empty seat. She pushes a button and a fake head pops out, all before they fall back into the sight of the following KGB