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In The Gunsight Of The KGB Hardcover – July 22, 1989

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  • Hardcover: 273 pages
  • Publisher: Knopf; 1st edition (July 22, 1989)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0394562844
  • ISBN-13: 978-0394562841
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsEscape across the USSR-Turkish border.
By Kevin M Quigg VINE VOICE on June 14, 2006
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Ushakov was a political theorist in the Soviet Navy and he came under suspicion of writing anti Soviet literature. His ex-wife betrayed him to the Soviet KGB. Once discovered, Ushakov vowed to escape the Soviet Union. He drew up plans to cross into Turkey and devised a timetable to hike through the mountains. This is the exciting part of the book, since he risked both discovery and/or death from the natural elements. This encompassed the first 120 pages. The rest of the book was a discourse in how communism was evil, and anger at his ex-wife. This part of the book is heavy plodding since he goes into philisophy.

If anything, read the escape portion of this book. The rest of the book is moralizing about why he defected. He does predict the downfall of the Soviet state and this book was published in 1989. The first 120 pages is a nice read.
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2.0 out of 5 starsBland
By John G. Hilliard on April 13, 2002
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This book was a little run of the mill. The story sounded like it would be full of interesting stories about the people trying to escape from East Berlin but they never materialized. The description if his defection / escape is interesting yet the writing makes one have to work to get through the text. We learn of what it was like to live in East Germany and the changes that impressed him the most once he made it "over the wall". The book just did not hold my attention for long and I picked it up every now and then finally forcing myself to finish it because I had so much time in it.
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