Ben Macintyre is a writer-at-large for The Times of London and the bestselling author of A Spy Among Friends, Double Cross, Operation Mincemeat, Agent Zigzag, and Rogue Heroes, among other books. Macintyre has also written and presented BBC documentaries of his work.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“The best true spy story I have ever read.”—JOHN LE CARRÉ
The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War.
If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6. For nearly a decade, as the Cold War reached its twilight, Gordievsky helped the West turn the tables on the KGB, exposing Russian spies and helping to foil countless intelligence plots, as the Soviet leadership grew increasingly paranoid at the United States's nuclear first-strike capabilities and brought the world closer to the brink of war. Desperate to keep the circle of trust close, MI6 never revealed Gordievsky's name to its counterparts in the CIA, which in turn grew obsessed with figuring out the identity of Britain's obviously top-level source. Their obsession ultimately doomed Gordievsky: the CIA officer assigned to identify him was none other than Aldrich Ames, the man who would become infamous for secretly spying for the Soviets.
Unfolding the delicious three-way gamesmanship between America, Britain, and the Soviet Union, and culminating in the gripping cinematic beat-by-beat of Gordievsky's nail-biting escape from Moscow in 1985, Ben Macintyre's latest may be his best yet. Like the greatest novels of John le Carré, it brings readers deep into a world of treachery and betrayal, where the lines bleed between the personal and the professional, and one man's hatred of communism had the power to change the future of nations.
發表於2025-01-22
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撰文:Xan Smiley 翻譯:陶小路 《東方曆史評論》微信公號:ohistory 冷戰時期的雙重間諜 “我讀過的最優秀的真實間諜故事,”著名間諜小說傢約翰·勒·卡雷(John LeCarré)對本·麥金太爾(Ben Macintyre)的《間諜與叛徒》(The Spy and the Traitor)這樣評價道。這本書講...
評分撰文:Xan Smiley 翻譯:陶小路 《東方曆史評論》微信公號:ohistory 冷戰時期的雙重間諜 “我讀過的最優秀的真實間諜故事,”著名間諜小說傢約翰·勒·卡雷(John LeCarré)對本·麥金太爾(Ben Macintyre)的《間諜與叛徒》(The Spy and the Traitor)這樣評價道。這本書講...
評分撰文:Xan Smiley 翻譯:陶小路 《東方曆史評論》微信公號:ohistory 冷戰時期的雙重間諜 “我讀過的最優秀的真實間諜故事,”著名間諜小說傢約翰·勒·卡雷(John LeCarré)對本·麥金太爾(Ben Macintyre)的《間諜與叛徒》(The Spy and the Traitor)這樣評價道。這本書講...
評分撰文:Xan Smiley 翻譯:陶小路 《東方曆史評論》微信公號:ohistory 冷戰時期的雙重間諜 “我讀過的最優秀的真實間諜故事,”著名間諜小說傢約翰·勒·卡雷(John LeCarré)對本·麥金太爾(Ben Macintyre)的《間諜與叛徒》(The Spy and the Traitor)這樣評價道。這本書講...
評分撰文:Xan Smiley 翻譯:陶小路 《東方曆史評論》微信公號:ohistory 冷戰時期的雙重間諜 “我讀過的最優秀的真實間諜故事,”著名間諜小說傢約翰·勒·卡雷(John LeCarré)對本·麥金太爾(Ben Macintyre)的《間諜與叛徒》(The Spy and the Traitor)這樣評價道。這本書講...
圖書標籤: 冷戰 曆史 非虛構 間諜 Espionage 英文 Spy 英國文學
絕對絕對讓人拍案叫絕的作品, 為什麼這部諜戰類的非虛構作品會具有如此戲劇張力?一是冷戰下東西方意識形態對抗張力,用學者話說"國際政治的知覺與錯誤知覺",雙方在意識形態巨大差異帶來的信息隔絕中判斷威脅並以此決策,而奧列格的情報充當瞭緩衝閥的作用;二是情報工作的專業性與人性選擇的掙紮,奧列格反叛不是為瞭金錢或是自尊,而是所謂自由,從他決定的那一刻,就已處於絕對孤獨之中,親情,愛情都隻能是工具,所以在撤離時沒有帶上妻子和女兒就注定瞭其悲劇性;三是瀕臨死亡的焦慮和專業鎮靜間的張力,站在所有人對立麵會是多恐怖,但奧列格在每一次都沒有用死亡去逃避,而用僅有希望強化生存本能。作為冷戰史上偉大的注腳之一,應如何評價他?我覺得應該拋開國傢利益,意識形態等因素, 為瞭活下去三個字而堅持到最後無疑值得敬佩。
評分絕對絕對讓人拍案叫絕的作品, 為什麼這部諜戰類的非虛構作品會具有如此戲劇張力?一是冷戰下東西方意識形態對抗張力,用學者話說"國際政治的知覺與錯誤知覺",雙方在意識形態巨大差異帶來的信息隔絕中判斷威脅並以此決策,而奧列格的情報充當瞭緩衝閥的作用;二是情報工作的專業性與人性選擇的掙紮,奧列格反叛不是為瞭金錢或是自尊,而是所謂自由,從他決定的那一刻,就已處於絕對孤獨之中,親情,愛情都隻能是工具,所以在撤離時沒有帶上妻子和女兒就注定瞭其悲劇性;三是瀕臨死亡的焦慮和專業鎮靜間的張力,站在所有人對立麵會是多恐怖,但奧列格在每一次都沒有用死亡去逃避,而用僅有希望強化生存本能。作為冷戰史上偉大的注腳之一,應如何評價他?我覺得應該拋開國傢利益,意識形態等因素, 為瞭活下去三個字而堅持到最後無疑值得敬佩。
評分人物本身已經足夠傳奇,作者也極擅長講故事。震撼於人對自由,特彆是藝術自由的渴望,側重筆墨的幾個點都很抓人:躲在後車廂逃命還不忘diss流行音樂,Plimco啓動後留下的小說告彆暗示,成功越過邊境後播放的芬蘭頌……諷刺KGB官僚主義和英皇室僕從的段落都很好笑。13/14章驚心動魄,期待拍成電影
評分人物本身已經足夠傳奇,作者也極擅長講故事。震撼於人對自由,特彆是藝術自由的渴望,側重筆墨的幾個點都很抓人:躲在後車廂逃命還不忘diss流行音樂,Plimco啓動後留下的小說告彆暗示,成功越過邊境後播放的芬蘭頌……諷刺KGB官僚主義和英皇室僕從的段落都很好笑。13/14章驚心動魄,期待拍成電影
評分周末集中通宵讀完,很精彩!尤其是逃亡,緊張刺激。藏不住的英國人黑美國,這個永恒的梗啊!
The Spy and the Traitor 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載