Behind the Legends of Espionage
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Language: Bulgarian

   “Behind the Legends of Espionage” is a book written from the perspective of someone who has gone through the ranks of the secret services. Zhirnov writes sharply, sarcastically, and without diplomatic embellishment. He knows the inner workings of the services: how a false identity is created, how lying becomes a professional duty, how states turn secrecy into a moral exception, and how the heroes in the shadows often end up betrayed, forgotten, or exploited. This is a story about the dark side of geopolitics—about Sorge, Penkovski, Mossad, the Cambridge Five, Rudolf Abel, Mitrokhin, Snowden, and other figures around whom history has woven legends, but also many convenient omissions.

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