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096 _a364.1523 Pullara
100 1 _aPullara, Michael,
_eauthor.
_910115
245 1 4 _aThe spy who was left behind :
_bRussia, the United States, and the true story of the betrayal and assassination of a CIA agent /
_cMichael Pullara.
250 _aFirst Scribner hardcover edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bScribner,
_c2018.
300 _axiii, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes index.
520 _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.
600 1 0 _aWoodruff, Freddie R.,
_d1947-1993.
_910116
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCentral Intelligence Agency
_vBiography.
_910117
650 0 _aMurder
_zGeorgia (Republic)
_zSouth Ossetia.
_910118
650 0 _aEspionage, Russian
_zGeorgia (Republic)
_zSouth Ossetia.
_910119
852 _dNew Shelf
852 _dNew Shelf
852 _dNew Shelf
852 _dNew Shelf
852 _dNew Shelf
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