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High Treason: Revelations of a Double Agent
High Treason Revelations of a Double Agent Author:Vladimir Sakharov, Umberto Tosi (Contributor) The compelling, fast-paced and ironic memoir describes in the first person, the life of a privileged young member of the post-World War II Soviet nomenclature -- the 100 or so families who ran the USSR. Groomed as a foreign ministry official in Moscow and inevitably drawn into KGB operations he loathed, Sakharov strikes out against the Soviet el... more »ite he grows to despise for its corruption of Russia, including his own father.
Assigned to the Middle East for the KG, he joins the CIA as its double agent and eventually helps in the struggle to support Anwar Sadat's rise in Egypt. Compromised and hunted, he must flee to the U.S. abandoning wife and daughter in disgrace. Sakharov's story is filled with insights into Moscow society, why and how the Soviet Empire exploited Russia and its own. It is a psychological spy classic written with bright clarity brought by co-author Umberto Tosi.« less
Very informative. You will never learn about world affairs from the Soviet era from textbooks. You must read accounts like this to learn the truth, from the inside.