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In the Gunsight of the KGB
by Alexander A. Ushakov
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394562844
- ISBN 13
- 9780394562841
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989 Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1989. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Black cloth boards with black cloth overlay on spine with red lettering on spine and front board. 273 pp. As a professor at the Odessa Naval Academy the author was about to be arrested by the KGB for his unpublished anti-Soviet writings. Instead, he set out on a perilous journey across the Soviet/Turkish border and sanctuary. He offers a thorough analysis of the soviet system he has fled and gives his provocative impressions of America where he now lives. A clean pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002995
- Title
- In the Gunsight of the KGB
- Author
- Alexander A. Ushakov
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394562844
- ISBN 13
- 9780394562841
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- KGB, ODESSA NAVAL ACADEMY, SANCTUARY IN TURKEY, COLD WAR, ANTI-SOVIET WRITINGS, ALEXANDER A. USHAKOV, ESCAPE FROM RUSSIA, THE SOVIETS, KGB.
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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