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100 1  Pullara, Michael,|eauthor. 
245 14 The spy who was left behind :|bRussia, the United States, 
       and the true story of the betrayal and assassination of a 
       CIA agent /|cMichael Pullara. 
264  1 New York :|bScribner,|c2018. 
300    xiii, 336 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    The shocking true story of international intrigue 
       involving the 1993 murder of CIA officer Freddie Woodruff 
       by KGB agents and the extensive cover-up that followed in 
       Washington and in Moscow.  On August 8, 1993, a single 
       bullet to the head killed Freddie Woodruff, the Central 
       Intelligence Agency's station chief in the former Soviet 
       Republic of Georgia. Within hours, police had a suspect - 
       a vodka-soaked village bumpkin named Anzor Sharmaidze. A 
       tidy explanation quickly followed: It was a tragic 
       accident. US diplomats hailed Georgia's swift work, and 
       both countries breathed a sigh of relief.  Yet the bullet 
       that killed Woodruff was never found, and key witnesses 
       have since retracted their testimony, saying they were 
       beaten and forced to identify Sharmaidze. But if he didn't
       do it, who did? Those who don't buy the official 
       explanation think the answer lies in the spy games that 
       played out on Russia's frontier following the 1991 
       collapse of the Soviet Union. Woodruff was an early actor 
       in a dangerous drama. American spies were moving into 
       newborn nations previously dominated by Soviet 
       intelligence. Russia's security apparatus, resentful and 
       demoralized, was in turmoil, its nominal loyalty to a pro-
       Western course set by President Boris Yeltsin, shredded by
       hard-line spooks and generals who viewed the Americans as 
       a menace.  At the time when Woodruff was stationed there, 
       Georgia was a den of intrigue. It had a big Russian 
       military base and was awash with former and not-so-former 
       Soviet agents. Shortly before Woodruff was shot, veteran 
       CIA Officer Aldrich Ames - who would soon be unmasked as a
       KGB mole - visited him on agency business. In short order,
       Woodruff would be dead and Ames, in prison for life. 
       Buckle up, because The Spy Who Was Left Behind reveals the
       full-throttle, little-known thrilling tale. 
600 10 Woodruff, Freddie R.,|d1947-1993|xDeath and burial. 
610 10 United States.|bCentral Intelligence Agency|xOfficials and
       employees. 
650  0 Murder|zGeorgia (Republic)|vCase studies. 
650  0 Intelligence officers|xCrimes against|zGeorgia (Republic)
       |vCase studies. 
650  0 Espionage, American|zGeorgia (Republic) 
650  0 Espionage, Russian|zGeorgia (Republic)