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PublisherTyndale House Publishers
ISBN-101496416821
ISBN-139781496416827
eBay Product ID (ePID)228464231
Product Key Features
Book TitleDeep Undercover : My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiance As a Kgb Spy in America
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
TopicCultural Heritage, Christian Life / Inspirational, Espionage, Intelligence & Espionage, Personal Memoirs
IllustratorYes
GenreReligion, Political Science, True Crime, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorJack Barsky
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight18.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-048505
ReviewsThe making of "an undercover agent spying on behalf of the Soviet Union." Born Albrecht Dittrich in 1949 in East Germany, Barsky recounts his meticulously prepared career as a KGB spy, his mission as an embedded agent in the United States, and his subsequent coming out of the cold in the late 1980s. All his life, Barsky enjoyed sterling accomplishments, from winning the prestigious Karl Marx Scholarship in 1970 to graduating to an assured career as a professor in chemistry; later, at age 40, he graduated as the valedictorian from Baruch College in New York. Early on, as a good Young Pioneer and member of the Communist Party, the stoical, determined youth vowed that if he ever got the chance, he would somehow contribute "to the destruction of the evil forces of fascism and capitalism." That opportunity arrived with his recruitment by a KGB agent, and he agreed to give up his chemistry career in order to be trained in Russian espionage under the code name Dieter. Aside from his training in Berlin in the "rules of conspiracy," including mastering shortwave radio and Morse code, cryptography, secret writing, photography, dead-drop operations, and surveillance detection, Barsky had to undergo rigorous instruction in English--in Moscow, no less. After two years, he was ready to embed in the West, first to Canada and then to New York, where he worked as a bike messenger while gradually acquiring the necessary documents for permanent residency. As an illegal, he assumed the identity of a certain Jack Barsky, who had died in 1955. Yet Barsky's American life, including a job at an insurance company and a wife and child (another family had to be left in Germany), was too good to be true; when his identity was compromised, he boldly defied KBG orders to return, slipping under the radar thanks largely to the collapse of the Soviet Union. An intriguing inside look at international espionage.
SynopsisOne decision can end everything . . . or lead to unlikely redemption. Millions watched the CBS 60 Minutes special on Jack Barsky in 2015. Now, in this fascinating memoir, the Soviet KGB agent tells his story of gut-wrenching choices, appalling betrayals, his turbulent inner world, and the secret life he lived for years without getting caught.On October 8, 1978, a Canadian national by the name of William Dyson stepped off a plane at O'Hare International Airport and proceeded toward Customs and Immigration.Two days later, William Dyson ceased to exist.The identity was a KGB forgery, used to get one of their own--a young, ambitious East German agent--into the United States.The plan succeeded, and the spy's new identity was born: Jack Barsky. He would work undercover for the next decade, carrying out secret operations during the Cold War years . . . until a surprising shift in his allegiance challenged everything he thought he believed. Deep Undercover will reveal the secret life of this man without a country and tell the story no one ever expected him to tell.
LC Classification NumberUB271.R92B37753 2017
As told toColoma, Cindy
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- 26. Jul. 2017
ANOTHER MUST READ BY ALL AMERICANS
At one time in my life, I lived for a relatively short time under communism ("relatively" compared to those whom have lived under it all their lives). So, I can vouch for this man's, this author's book. This book (Deep Under Cover, by Jack Barsky) is yet another MUST READ in the long list with Anatoli Granovsky's book of I Was An NKVD Agent, An Ex-Soviet Spy Tells His Story; Whittaker Chambers' book titled simply Witness; and Walter G. Kravitsky's book In Stalin's Secret Service (and the list trails on to even include notables like David Horowitz's volume listing of books). America needs to come up to speed (and very quickly) on the danger it faces from invasion and subversion from within, not just from without. This book (along with the list of others above) helps teach Americans, makes Americans aware of the danger that has been hidden from their eyes for so long. Communism (disguised under names like socialism and/or progressivism) parades as a wonderful government system but instead it enslaves and tortures and oppresses those under its control....but, the controlled are as puppets by those whom are at the top and are considered elite and so much more special than they. Considered so much more superior. Such is communism (socialism/progressivism) when it is unmasked from its list of lies and failed promises and false claims.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 10. Aug. 2021
Eye-opener about a KGB agent working in the US
This autobiography reveals how a brilliant East German student joined the KGB and infiltrated American society for over 10 years before he realized that capitalism afforded a much better way of life than communism. His sense of guilt for his double life led him to perform a final act of deception in order to sever ties with the KGB. Ultimately the FBI discovered his duplicity and honed in for a capture. This narrative is clear, compelling, and revealing.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 18. Dez. 2019
Appropriate to the story
Good readBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 07. Mai. 2024
Perfect, thank you, 5 stars.
Perfect, thank you, 5 stars.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
