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Comrade J: The Untold Secrets of Russia's Master Spy in America After the End of the Cold War |  | Author: Pete Earley
Publisher: Berkley Trade
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Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 327.1247073092
ASIN: B002NPCWOW
Publication Date: January 6, 2009
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When the Cold War ended, the spying that marked the era did not. An incredible true story from the Pulitzer Prize-nominated New York Times bestselling author of Crazy.
Between 1995 and 2000, "Comrade J" was the go-to man for SVR (the successor to the KGB) intelligence in New York City, overseeing all covert operations against the U.S. and its allies in the United Nations. He personally handled every intelligence officer in New York. He knew the names of foreign diplomats spying for Russia. He was the man who kept the secrets.
But there was one more secret he was keeping. For three years, "Comrade J" was working for U.S. intelligence, stealing secrets from the Russian Mission he was supposed to be serving. Since he defected, his role as a spy for the U.S. was kept under wraps-until now. This is the gripping, untold story of Sergei Tretyakov, more commonly known as "Comrade J."
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 Wake-Up Call---Russian Espionage in America! July 5, 2010
Helen E. Faria (Macon, Ga)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is the second time I have read and perused this magnificent book---and what a momentous and timely book it is! The book reads much like a cliffhanger spy novel, though its nonfiction and its information is true and disturbing. The message is as timely today as it was in 2007 when it was first published.
After World War II, it took the valiant efforts of the Russian defector, code clerk Igor Gozenko, to awaken America and her allies to the fact that Uncle Joe, the greatest mass murderer in history, and our Russian communist friends were conducting serious, devastating espionage against the United States (e.g., atomic secrets among others) at the same time that we were providing the Soviets with vital economic and military aid during "The Great Patriotic War" against the Nazis.
The Berlin Wall comes crashing down in 1989 and the Soviet Union collapses in 1991. Again, the Russians were said to be our friends and allies in the war against (Islamic) terrorism. Even a professor wrote enthusiastically that we had reached the end of history, so humanity has to become reconciled to live peacefully under a soft blend of global socialism and capitalism. Now enters Russian master spy defector Sergei Tretyakov of the New York Rezidentura of the SVR ( the former First Chief Directorate of the KGB) to rain on this optimistically dystopic parade.
And Tretyakov is no ordinary spy of the Communist era. He is the first KGB/SVR officer, who was actively spying for the new Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, to defect to the USA. According to a senior FBI agent involved in the case, Sergei Tretyakov "has been by far the most important Russian Spy that our side has had in decades...I can tell you this man saved American lives."
It has taken again a courageous Russian defector, who risked his life for many years for the benefit of freedom, to reawaken America to the fact that in addition to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the world remains a dangerous place. We learn painfully that the New Russia has not shed entirely its expansionist and authoritarian tendencies. The new subtle threats to former Soviet Republics, such as the Ukraine and Azerbaijan over natural resources and "privileges in the area," not to mention the recent War on Georgia, remain serious threats to peace and world security.(See also, Death of a Dissident by Alex Goldfarb.Death of a Dissident, the Poising of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB)
I will not divulge here what specific intelligence Tretyakov provided to the United States, but will let the reader enjoy thoroughly the suspense packed in this book. And yet, the discerning reader will learn that the perceptive and resourceful Comrade J (Jean) Sergei Tretyakov has additionally provided nuggets of intelligence and geopolitical insights into some of the countries in this very volatile part of the world, where natural resources abound. Even on Turkey, an old friend of America, but now a country that is drifting away from the West by the inadequate diplomacy of short-sighted politicians, Tretyakov provides information about attitudes that are worth studying by Western diplomats.
In short, this is without reservation a thumbs up review for a very powerful book. Pete Early's book is highly recommended, not only for avid readers of Russian espionage, but also for the informed public in general, not to mention American and Western policymakers---who need to study this book the most!
Miguel A. Faria, Jr., M.D.
Former Editor-in-Chief of the Medical Sentinel (1996-2002), Editor Emeritus, the
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
Author, Vandals at the Gates of Medicine (1995) Vandals at the Gates of Medicine: Historic Perspectives on the Battle over Health Care Reform; Medical Warrior: Fighting Corporate Socialized Medicine (1997) Medical Warrior: Fighting Corporate Socialized Medicine; and Cuba in Revolution: Escape From a Lost Paradise (2002). Cuba in Revolution: Escape from a Lost Paradise
 interesting to read, but don't expect adventure or many spy-secrets February 11, 2009
Vince
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
The book is a very interesting read, however, it's just the story of one man, how much of it is true? you don't know, and i do have the impression he is boasting himself quite alot.
If you expect some tricks, spying secrets, James Bond stories and excitement, you'll be disappointed.
It shows however a very interesting political view, it tells you how boring it vcan all be. It talks about how to trust nobody and how the russians are 'everywhere'. It tells you how the Russian Intelligence works as a 'bussines' and what the ideaology and mentality of the russians is. It talks about corruption, the place of intelligence in politics and incomatence. How the UN and ambacies are stuffed with spies and how the personaal life of a spie is run.
The most interesting part of the book is when the writer tells about the secret background and work behind famous historical events.
I would definatly recommend it, for the politics, the views, the way russian politics and intelligence works.
But not if you expect an exciting James Bond adventure and 'how to become a spie' secrets.
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