The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB

How do you steal a library? Not just any library but the most secret, heavily guarded archive in the world. The answer is to be a librarian. The work goes on for decades but remains so low key, that even after your escape, no one even notices you are gone.

The Spy in the Archivetells the remarkable story of how Vasili Mitrokhin-an introverted archivist-ended up changing the world. As the in-house archivist for the KGB, the secrets he was exposed to turned him into a dissident and then a spy;...