A Secret Life: The Polish Officer, His Covert Mission, and the Price He Paid to Save His Country by Weiser, Benjamin
A Secret Life: The Polish Officer, His Covert Mission, and the Price He Paid to Save His Country by Weiser, Benjamin

A Secret Life: The Polish Officer, His Covert Mission, and the Price He Paid to Save His Country

In August 1972, Ryszard Kuklinski, a highly respected colonel in the Polish Army, embarked on what would...
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A Secret Life: The Polish Officer, His Covert Mission, and the Price He Paid to Save His Country by Weiser, Benjamin

A Secret Life: The Polish Officer, His Covert Mission, and the Price He Paid to Save His Country

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A Secret Life: The Polish Officer, His Covert Mission, and the Price He Paid to Save His Country by Weiser, Benjamin

A Secret Life: The Polish Officer, His Covert Mission, and the Price He Paid to Save His Country

BD$33.28
Author: Benjamin Weiser
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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In August 1972, Ryszard Kuklinski, a highly respected colonel in the Polish Army, embarked on what would become one of the most extraordinary human intelligence operations of the Cold War. Despite the extreme risk to himself and his family, he contacted the American Embassy in Bonn, and arranged a secret meeting. From the very start, he made clear that he deplored the Soviet domination of Poland, and believed his country was on the wrong side of the Cold War.

Over the next nine years, Kuklinski -- code name Jack Strong -- rose quickly in the Polish defense ministry, acting as a liaison to Moscow, and helping to prepare for a hot war with the West. But he also lived a life of subterfuge -- of dead drops, messages written in invisible ink, miniature cameras, and secret transmitters. In 1981, he gave the CIA the secret plans to crush Solidarity. Then, about to be discovered, he made a dangerous escape with his family to the West. He still lives in hiding in America.

Kuklinski's story is a harrowing personal drama about one man's decision to betray the Communist leadership in order to save the country he loves, and the intense debate it spurred over whether he was a traitor or a patriot. Through extensive interviews and access to the CIA's secret archive on the case, Benjamin Weiser offers an unprecedented and richly detailed look at this secret history of the Cold War.

Author: Benjamin Weiser
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 05/04/2005
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.60w x 1.05d
ISBN: 9781586483050

About the Author
Benjamin Weiser has been a metropolitan reporter for the New York Times since 1997, where he has covered legal issues and terrorism. Before joining the Times, he spent eighteen years as reporter for the Washington Post, where he served on the investigative staff. His journalism has received the George Polk and Livingston awards.
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