A Spy's Wife: The Moscow Memoirs of a Canadian who Witnessed the end of the Cold War
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (719 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1550289314 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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After her time in Russia she became editor of a Washington-based business magazine in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Born in Hampshire, England, she has worked as a journalist in Canada, as well as in England, Australia, Germany, Russia and Kazakhstan. She lived in Central Asia for six years and is a regular contributor to the International Herald Tribune's special supplements on the region. JANICE COWAN is a Canadian journ
The book is a great read." (Stan Carew CBC Mainstreet) . "Fascinating
She put this into practice as they lived and traveled in the former Soviet Union. It offers a rare inside look into the world of contemporary Canadian diplomacy abroad.. She and her husband went to spy school in Canada to learn how to gather intelligence for her country. This is a lively, readable, and informative account of life in Moscow by the wife of a Canadian military attaché who witnessed the last days of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold WarJanice Cowan was trained by the Canadian government for her role in Moscow. She was in the thick of events during the coup against Gorbachev in 1991, and the attempted coup against Yeltsin in 1993. In her account of this experience, she offers fascinating insights into spycraft in the nineties as well as lively anecdotes and stories about the role of an 'official wife'.Janice Cowan traveled widely, visiting many cities in Russia and learning about many of the now-independent countries. She took a job on an independent English-language Moscow newspaper which gave her the
John Matlock said A Great Read about a Spy at the end of the Soviet Union. Ms. Cowan is a journalist, a writer of children's novels, and was a spy in the Soviet Union just before it's collapse. Her life as a spy was due to her husband being in the Canadian military and assigned as a military attache to Moscow. Ms. Cowan went with him, but before she went she was given training as a spy in Canada and in the United States.Inadvertantly she picked an excellent time to go. She was there during the coup against Gorbachev in 1991 and the attempted coup against Yeltsin in 199A Great Read about a Spy at the end of the Soviet Union Ms. Cowan is a journalist, a writer of children's novels, and was a spy in the Soviet Union just before it's collapse. Her life as a spy was due to her husband being in the Canadian military and assigned as a military attache to Moscow. Ms. Cowan went with him, but before she went she was given training as a spy in Canada and in the United States.Inadvertantly she picked an excellent time to go. She was there during the coup against Gorbachev in 1991 and the attempted coup against Yeltsin in 1993. She watched the collapse of the arch enemy of the west from the inside. She was able to travel about the now freed country and ab. . She watched the collapse of the arch enemy of the west from the inside. She was able to travel about the now freed country and ab