Шпионы XX века

Unknown adventures of well-known aces of espionage, new names for us of the largest spies (such as the famous writer Somerset Maugham), original versions of covert operations (for example, the Penkovsky case) - all this the reader will find in the book of the English publicist Phillip Knightley, published in the UK titled "The Second Oldest Profession". The book instantly became a bestseller, translated in many countries. The author, perhaps for the first time, managed to show in detail, as far as possible, the system and features of the activities of the leading special services - the SIS, the CIA, the KGB. At the same time, Knightley's judgments are distinguished by their originality, they do not always coincide with the views of other researchers, and in terms of the manner of presentation they are completely original. Written in a fascinating, sometimes ironic way, the book is read with interest no less than a good detective novel.