{"product_id":"cassidys-run-the-secret-spy-war-over-nerve-gas-paperback","title":"Cassidy's Run: The Secret Spy War Over Nerve Gas - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Wise\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCassidy's Run\u003c\/b\u003e is the riveting story of one of the best-kept secrets of the Cold War--an espionage operation mounted by Washington against the Soviet Union that ran for twenty-three years. At the highest levels of the government, its code name was Operation shocker. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLured by a double agent working for the United States, ten Russian spies, including a professor at the University of Minnesota, his wife, and a classic \"sleeper\" spy in New York City, were sent by Moscow to penetrate America's secrets. Two FBI agents were killed, and secret formulas were passed to the Russians in a dangerous ploy that could have spurred Moscow to create the world's most powerful nerve gas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCassidy's Run\u003c\/b\u003e tells this extraordinary true story for the first time, following a trail that leads from Washington to Moscow, with detours to Florida, Minnesota, and Mexico. Based on documents secret until now and scores of interviews in the United States and Russia, the book reveals that: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e, more than 4,500 pages of classified documents, including U.S. nerve gas formulas, were passed to the Soviet Union in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e, an \"Armageddon code,\" a telephone call to a number in New York City, was to alert the sleeper spy to an impending nuclear attack--a warning he would transmit to the Soviets by radio signal from atop a rock in Central Park \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e, two FBI agents were killed when their plane crashed during surveillance of one of the Soviet spies as he headed for the Canadian border \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e, secret \"drops\" for microdots were set up by Moscow from New York to Florida to Washington \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than a cloak-and-dagger tale, \u003cb\u003eCassidy's Run\u003c\/b\u003e is the spellbinding story of one ordinary man, Sergeant Joe Cassidy, not trained as a spy, who suddenly found himself the FBI's secret weapon in a dangerous clandestine war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eADVANCE PRAISE FOR CASSIDY'S RUN\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Cassidy's Run shows, once again, that few writers know the ins and outs of the spy game like David Wise. . . his research is meticulous in this true story of espionage that reads like a thriller.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Dan Rather \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The Master hsa done it again. David Wise, the best observer and chronicler of spies there is, has told another gripping story. This one comes from the cold war combat over nerve gas and is spookier than ever because it's all true.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Jim Lehrer\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Wise\u003c\/b\u003e was America's leading writer on intelligence and espionage. He was the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Government\u003c\/i\u003e, a #1 bestseller about the CIA. He was also the author of \u003ci\u003eNightmover, Molehunt, The Spy Who Got Away, The American Police State, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Lying, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCassidy's Run, Spy, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTiger Trap, \u003c\/i\u003eand the coauthor, with Thomas B. Ross, of \u003ci\u003eThe Espionage Establishment\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe U-2 Affair\u003c\/i\u003e. A native New Yorker and graduate of Columbia College, he was the former chief of the Washington bureau of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and contributed articles on government and politics to many national magazines. David Wise died in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9.08 x 6.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52610258960666,"sku":"9780812992632","price":21.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/AZRc46wWbP9780812992632.webp?v=1785362943","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/cassidys-run-the-secret-spy-war-over-nerve-gas-paperback","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}