{"product_id":"first-counterspy","title":"First Counterspy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe First Counterspy is the pulse-quickening and traumatic story of spy, counterspy, and an American family unwittingly caught in its web. Until this case, the FBI had never recruited civilian counterspies to catch a Soviet agent. The first two were Larry Haas, a leading aviation engineer at Bell Aviation, and Leona Franey, head librarian at Bell’s technical library. The FBI pitted them against a Soviet agent, Andrei Ivanovich Schevchenko, operating legally as one of the highest Soviet officials in the United States during WWII, and illegally as the secret head of a wide-ranging spy network hidden within the American aviation industry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe First Counterspy lays out this exciting story and, later, the consequences of Schevchenko’s deadly threat of vengeance against Haas, the counterspy who betrayed him. The threat was uttered in a mere fourteen seconds but generated lethal consequences that long outlived Schevchenko, tormented Larry Haas, killed his wife, and subjected his daughter, Kay (the co-author of this book), to decades of nearly fatal harassment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd thereby hangs a tale of spy vs. spy intrigue against the backdrop of the home front during World War II. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54242989506904,"sku":"9781493061563","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781493061563_be519c37-1696-468a-81d1-67c291f7c9b1.jpg?v=1769077817","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/first-counterspy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}