The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Stole America's Top Secrets (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781643132143)

On the trail of Soviet infiltrator Stanislav Shumovsky, codenamed Agent BLﾉRIOT, Svetlana Lokhova takes the reader on a thrilling journey through Stalin's most audacious intelligence operation.

On a sunny September day in 1931, Soviet spy Stanislav Shumovsky walked down the gangplank of the SS Europa and into New York, concealed in a group of 65 Soviet students. Joseph Stalin had sent him to acquire American secrets to help close the USSR's yawning technology gap, and the road to victory began in the classrooms and laboratories of MIT.

Using information gleaned from this mission, the USSR first transformed itself into a military powerhouse able to defeat Nazi Germany. Then in 1947, American innovation exfiltrated by Shumovsky made it possible to build and unveil the most advanced strategic bomber in the world. Later, other MIT-trained Soviet spies would go on to acquire the secrets of the Manhattan Project.

In this thrilling history, Svetlana Lokhova takes the reader on a journey through Stalin's most audacious intelligence operation, piecing together every aspect of Shumovsky's life and character using information derived from American and Russian archives.

Author: Svetlana Lokhova
ISBN-10: 1643132148
ISBN-13: 9781643132143
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2019
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.70d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 11/11/2019