Strangers on a Bridge
The Case of Colonel Abel and Francis Gary Powers
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Die Hintergrundgeschichte zum großen Kinofilm „Bridge of Spies – Der Unterhändler“ Ostberlin 1962. An der Glienicker Brücke findet der Austausch zweier Topagenten statt. Verhandelt hat diese politische Sensation der New Yorker Anwalt James B. Donovan. In einem spektakulären Prozess bewahrte der Pflichtverteidiger den 1957 in den USA verhafteten sowjetischen Meisterspion Rudolf Abel vor dem Elektrischen Stuhl, da man ihn, so das Plädoyer, noch lebend brauche. Als ein U-2-Pilot über Russland abgeschossen wird, ist es so weit ...
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I did enjoy this book, though I could understand if another reader might find it a little dry.
My biggest gripe, and this is not about the story itself, was the sense of self-satisfaction coming from the author.
I'm interested in the movie, but the book is only somewhat interesting. Focuses almost entirely on the trial of the Soviet spy, including lengthy excerpts of only mildly interesting testimony, and only the last bit of the book focuses on the event that gives the book its name
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