{"title":"Antonio Mendez","description":"Antonio Mendez is the former chief of disguise for the CIA. A recipient of the CIA's Intelligence Star of Valor and the Trailblazer Award, he is the author of Argo and The Master of Disguise. 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The KGB is at its most ruthless, and has now indisputably gained the upper hand over the CIA in the intelligence war. But no one knows how. Ten CIA agents and double-agents have gone missing in the last three years. They have either been executed or they are unaccounted for. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt Langley, several theories circulate as to how the KGB seems suddenly to have become telepathic, predicting the CIA's every move. Some blame the defection of Edward Lee Howard three years before, and suspect that there are more high-placed moles to be unearthed. Others speculate that the KGB's surveillance successes have been heightened by the invention of an invisible electromagnetic powder that allows them to keep tabs on anyone who touches it: spy dust. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCIA officers Tony Mendez and Jonna Goeser come together to head up a team of technical wizards and operational specialists, determined to solve the mystery that threatens to overshadow the Cold War's final act. Working against known and unknown hostile forces, as well as some unfriendly elements within the CIA, they devise controversial new operational methods and techniques to foil the KGB, and show the extraordinary lengths that US intelligence is willing to go to protect a source, then rescue him when his world starts to collapse. At the same time, Tony and Jonna find themselves falling deeply in love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring a fascinating odyssey that began in Indochina fifteen years before and ends in a breathtakingly daring operation in the heart of the Kremlin's Palace of Congresses, \u003ci\u003eSpy Dust\u003c\/i\u003e catapults the reader from the Hindu Kush to Hollywood, from Havana to Moscow, but cannot truly conclude until its protagonists are safely wedded in rural Maryland.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366081233119,"sku":"9780743428538","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Z1JYV1gzRUx2UG9adHMycDNhS2dmUT09.webp?v=1789080810"},{"product_id":"the-moscow-rules-the-secret-cia-tactics-that-helped-america-win-the-cold-war-paperback","title":"The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo legendary former CIA operatives reveal the tactics they developed to survive the Cold War in Moscow and turn the odds in America's favor \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Devilishly fun.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Antonio and Jonna Mendez were CIA technical operations officers in Moscow during the dangerous final years of the Cold War. Soviets kept files on all foreigners, studied their patterns, and tapped their phones. Intelligence work was effectively impossible. The Soviet threat loomed larger than ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A vivid exposé that reads like a le Carré novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Moscow Rules\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on the brave collaborations between CIA operatives and Russian informants, and the innovative ways they avoided Soviet surveillance. 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