A Secret Life
The Polish Colonel, His Covert Mission, And The Price He Paid To Save His Country
Benjamin Weiser
Explore the extraordinary story of Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, a highly respected Polish soldier who for almost a decade, betrayed the Communist leadership of Poland and cooperated with the CIA in one of the most remarkable human intelligence operations of the Cold War. Despite risking everything, including his family's safety, Kuklinski contacted the American Embassy in Bonn to express his disapproval of Soviet domination of Poland and ultimately rose quickly in the Polish defense ministry while secretly helping the West. Benjamin Weiser offers an unprecedented and richly detailed look at this secret history of the Cold War that is sure to captivate any reader.
Publish Date
2005-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
2005-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2004
Goodreads Rating
4.27
ISBN
9781891620546
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2021-01-02T18:27:54.000Z
@yogabykate @mojaveb @alexrblackwell Other good books are Billion Dollar Spy, Wilderness of Mirrors (Martin), Mole by Hood, Betrayal in Berlin, Russians Among Us and the Spy Who Saved the World. The Angel about Israel and A Secret Life about Kuklinksi are good. – source