How the Cold War Began: The Gouzenko Affair and the Hunt for Soviet Spies

by Amy Knight

Book Overview

On September 5, 1945, cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko severed ties with the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, reporting to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police allegations of extensive Soviet espionage in North... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771095775
• ISBN13: 9780771095771
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.

Customer Reviews

a really brilliant work

i bought this out of interest, after seeing it had been nominated for a literary prize here in canada. i'm glad i did. it's such an important part of history - and this is the first book that examines with riveting detail - the story about gouzenko, a soviet clerk who defected. the documents, letters and accounts are really interesting, and the author makes it a really brilliant read.