03393cam a2200481Ii 4500999001700000001000800017003000800025005001700033008004100050010001700091020002900108020002600137035001200163035002200175035002400197040003500221043003000256050002400286082002400310090002400334096002100358100003800379245015000417250003800567264003300605300007600638336002600714337002800740338002700768500002000795520166100815600004502476610006702521650005402588650006602642852001402708852001402722852001402736852001402750852001402764942001402778952011902792  c26259d262596927911MeVbMML20190502002812.0181101s2018    nyuaf         001 0beng    a  2018043319  a9781501152139 (hardback)  a1501152130 (hardback)  a6797199  a(OCoLC)1060574638  a(OCoLC)on1060574638  aDLCbengerdacFMGdFMGdOCLCO  an-us---aa-gs---ae-ru---00aHV6535.G2bS68 201800a364.152/3092aB223  aHV6535.G2bS68 2018  a364.1523 Pullara1 aPullara, Michael,eauthor.91011514aThe spy who was left behind :bRussia, the United States, and the true story of the betrayal and assassination of a CIA agent /cMichael Pullara.  aFirst Scribner hardcover edition. 1aNew York :bScribner,c2018.  axiii, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :billustrations ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes index.  a"On August 8, 1993, a single bullet to the head killed Freddie Woodruff, the Central Intelligence Agency's station chief in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Within hours, police had a suspect--a vodka-soaked village bumpkin named Anzor Sharmaidze. A tidy explanation quickly followed: It was a tragic accident. US diplomats hailed Georgia's swift work, and both countries breathed a sigh of relief. Yet the bullet that killed Woodruff was never found and key witnesses have since retracted their testimony, saying they were beaten and forced to identify Sharmaidze. But if he didn't do it, who did? Those who don't buy the official explanation think the answer lies in the spy games that played out on Russia's frontier following the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. Woodruff was an early actor in a dangerous drama. American spies were moving into newborn nations previously dominated by Soviet intelligence. Russia's security apparatus, resentful and demoralized, was in turmoil, its nominal loyalty to a pro-Western course set by President Boris Yeltsin, shredded by hardline spooks and generals who viewed the Americans as a menace. At the time when Woodruff was stationed there, Georgia was a den of intrigue. It had a big Russian military base and was awash with former and not-so-former Soviet agents. Shortly before Woodruff was shot, veteran CIA officer Aldrich Ames--who would soon be unmasked as a KGB mole--visited him on agency business. In short order, Woodruff would be dead and Ames, in prison for life. Buckle up, because The Spy Who Was Left Behind reveals the full-throttle, little-known thrilling tale"--cProvided by publisher.10aWoodruff, Freddie R.,d1947-1993.91011610aUnited States.bCentral Intelligence AgencyvBiography.910117 0aMurderzGeorgia (Republic)zSouth Ossetia.910118 0aEspionage, RussianzGeorgia (Republic)zSouth Ossetia.910119  dNew Shelf  dNew Shelf  dNew Shelf  dNew Shelf  dNew Shelf  2ddccBOOK  2ddc4070aABELJbABELJcNFd2019-03-26g28.00l4m1o364.15 PULLp38501r2019-07-17s2019-07-10w2019-03-26yBOOK