Cowell, Alan. <br/><br/>
The terminal spy :  a true story of espionage, betrayal and murder / 
Alan S. Cowell. 
 - New York :  Broadway Books,  c2008. 
 - xiv, 432 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-432) and index 
<br/><br/>Broken homes, broken empire -- Poor man, rich man -- Acolytes -- Renegade -- War stories -- From Russia with stealth -- Siloviki -- Gilded exiles -- Crown protection -- A rolodex to die for -- Poison and PR -- Invisible assassin -- The polonium trail -- Hit men or fall-guys? -- Putin's doppelgèanger. 
<br/><br/> Fatally poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope slipped into his drink, Russian emigre Alexander Litvinenko issued a dramatic deathbed statement accusing Russian president Vladimir Putin himself of engineering his murder. Alan S. Cowell, then London Bureau Chief of the "New York Times," who covered the story from its inception, has written the definitive story of this assassination and of the profound international implications of this first act of nuclear terrorism. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780767928168 0767928164 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Litvinenko, Alexander, 1962-2006. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Federal§naiìa sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossii.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Spies--Russia (Federation)--Biography.<br/>Dissenters--Russia (Federation)--Biography.<br/>Political crimes and offenses--Russia (Federation)<br/>Murder--Investigation--England--London.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>B JN 6695  / L782C 2008