SOCIAL SCIENCES

The Man with the Poison Gun: A Cold War Spy Story

by Serhii Plokhy

Basic: Perseus. Dec. 2016. 384p. ISBN 9780465035908. $28.99; ebk. ISBN 9780465096602.

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Plokhy tells a tale that eerily foreshadows the 2006 poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, a former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and KGB. Memoirs, interviews, and recently opened KGB and CIA files substantiate this story of intrigue. (LJ 11/1/16)

Reviewed by Laurie Unger Skinner , Jan 01, 2017

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