Shortlisted for the ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2026
'Absolutely fascinating' Andrew Marr
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'A brilliant historical investigation that's as gripping as a Le Carré novel' Tom Burgis
In 2010, two decades after the Cold War had ended, ten Russian spies were arrested in America, having hidden their true identities from their friends, neighbours and even their children. They were part of a spy programme that had begun nearly a century earlier. These deep-cover missions - some remarkable feats of espionage, others high-profile failures - could last for decades.
Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews, and newly-discovered archival material, The Illegals is a page-turning tour de force, that shines new light on the long arc of the Soviet experiment and its messy aftermath - and on how that hidden history shaped Russia and the West.
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The Illegals
Russia's Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West
- 442 pages
- English
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HistoryTable of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- A Note on Sources and Terminology
- PART ONE: The First Illegals
- PART TWO: War and Cold War
- PART THREE: An Illegal Life
- PART FOUR: The Cold War Battlefronts
- PART FIVE: Collapse and Resurrection
- Afterword
- KGB Terminology and Structure
- Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Also by Shaun Walker
- Copyright
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