02111cam a2200397Ia 4500 81011 20230410132854.0 090415s2008 nyu b 000 0beng d (OCoLC)ocn318870012 BTCTA BTCTA YDXCP NAB EYP 9780767928168 0767928164 (OCoLC)318870012 e-ru--- GRAL B JN 6695 L782C 2008 Cowell, Alan. The terminal spy : a true story of espionage, betrayal and murder / Alan S. Cowell. New York : Broadway Books, c2008. xiv, 432 p. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-432) and index Broken homes, broken empire -- Poor man, rich man -- Acolytes -- Renegade -- War stories -- From Russia with stealth -- Siloviki -- Gilded exiles -- Crown protection -- A rolodex to die for -- Poison and PR -- Invisible assassin -- The polonium trail -- Hit men or fall-guys? -- Putin's doppelgèanger. Fatally poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope slipped into his drink, Russian emigre Alexander Litvinenko issued a dramatic deathbed statement accusing Russian president Vladimir Putin himself of engineering his murder. Alan S. Cowell, then London Bureau Chief of the "New York Times," who covered the story from its inception, has written the definitive story of this assassination and of the profound international implications of this first act of nuclear terrorism. Litvinenko, Alexander, 1962-2006. Spies Russia (Federation) Biography. Dissenters Russia (Federation) Biography. Political crimes and offenses Russia (Federation) Federal§naiìa sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossii. Murder Investigation England London. Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991- Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0008313071 YBP Library Services YANK 3038619 lcc bk rpeña C0 DRFGD 89318 89318 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 B JN 6695 L782C 2008 00000072309 2018-11-17 00:00:00 1 2018-11-17 bk