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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Ben Macintyre

Traces the story of Russian intelligence operative Oleg Gordievsky, revealing how his secret work as an undercover MI6 informant helped hasten the end of the Cold War.

War & MilitaryWar & Military · medium confidenceWar & Military81 signalsLlm Classifier: War & Military -> War & MilitaryOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Ames, aldrich hazen, 1941- -> BiographyMilitary BiographyIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance

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AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionMajor2018FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Oleg Gordievsky86%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Oleg Gordievsky’s secret work as an undercover MI6 informant helped hasten the end of the Cold War.

    Model confidence 62%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 74%.