Mission: Impossible: The Legend of the World's Double Agents

This book profiles a collection of the world’s most famous double agents, revealing the extraordinary lives they led through thrilling stories of living on a knife’s edge. It explores the battle of wits between KGB and CIA agents, as well as the legendary careers of Soviet spies such as the Cambridge Five and Richard Sorge. It tells the stories of Mata Hari, the glamorous spy, and Popov, the inspiration for 007; reveals the secrets of master hypnotist Wolf; recounts the terrifying journey of a United Nations deputy secretary-general; and tells of an intelligence officer whose actions nearly triggered a global nuclear war. The complex psychology and unusual survival strategies of this extraordinary group are laid bare one by one. These spy stories are full of nested plots and twists, with suspenseful turns that make them impossible to put down.