DEEP UNDERCOVER by Jack Barsky
with Cindy Coloma
Subtitle: My Secret Life &
Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America
From the FoxNews interview with Stuart Varney: “Terrorists need a heavy dose of Christianity!”
“How to get terrorists to change
their views on America.”
Review of Deep Undercover
“Prosperity knits a man to the world. He
feels that he is finding his place in it, while really it is finding its place
in him.” ― C.S. Lewis
Albrecht Dittrich – or Jack Barsky, as
he’d soon come to call himself – had it made.
He’d flown to the top of his class and
landed an impressive professorship as a fresh-faced youth. He had friends in
high places – close friends, and soon to be powerful friends – rising in the
ranks of the Communist party there in East Germany. “You only tell the Party
‘No’ once,” he’d been told. It came as no surprise, then, when a mysterious
stranger showed up and made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Soon, he was
across the Berlin Wall in forbidden West Germany, testing the waters to see if
he’d crumple under the pressure of an assumed identity.
One decision can end everything . . . or lead
to unlikely redemption.
Millions watched the CBS 60 Minutes special on Jack Barsky in 2015. Now, in this fascinating memoir, the Soviet KGB agent tells his story of gut-wrenching choices, appalling betrayals, his turbulent inner world, and the secret life he lived for years without getting caught. … The plan succeeded, and the spy’s new identity was born: Jack Barsky. He would work undercover for the next decade, carrying out secret operations during the Cold War years . . . until a surprising shift in his allegiance challenged everything he thought he believed. … Deep Undercover will reveal the secret life of this man without a country and tell the story no one ever expected him to tell.
Millions watched the CBS 60 Minutes special on Jack Barsky in 2015. Now, in this fascinating memoir, the Soviet KGB agent tells his story of gut-wrenching choices, appalling betrayals, his turbulent inner world, and the secret life he lived for years without getting caught. … The plan succeeded, and the spy’s new identity was born: Jack Barsky. He would work undercover for the next decade, carrying out secret operations during the Cold War years . . . until a surprising shift in his allegiance challenged everything he thought he believed. … Deep Undercover will reveal the secret life of this man without a country and tell the story no one ever expected him to tell.
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Look at the 21 pictures in the middle to get a feel for the person and
the book. Here are the chapter
titles: (1) The Making of a Spy; (2) The Training of a Spy; (3) The Embedding of a Spy; (4) The Death of a Spy [becoming the
double-agent]; (5) The Catching of a
Spy; (6) The Redemption [Christian
conversion] of a Spy.
Then there is a revealing Epilogue by the converted spy;
And afterword by FBI agent Joe Reilly who caught him, now BBF.
Give credit to Cindy Coloma who puts in amazing hooks at the end of
each chapter: [Age five] From that night on, there were no more kisses
for me.” … “I didn’t open another Bible
for the next 45 years.” … “Once again, I was on my own, and once again I buried
the pain as deep as I could—a habit that, sadly, I would perfect into
adulthood.” … “I would soon be faced with the most important decision of my
young life.” … “As hardened and focused as I would become, there was a chink in
my armor—not the temptation of a woman, but the innocence of a child—that one
day would lead to my downfall—and also to my salvation.” … “With that final
exercise, I got ready for my return trip to Moscow via Montreal and Geneva.” … “My American adventure was about to begin.” …
“This unplanned silence, and the subsequent trust generated by the explanation,
would later help me in ways I could not have imagined at the time.” … “I needed
to remain focused, and a beautiful woman could be my downfall.” … “But
Moscow wasn’t so easily convinced.” … “I knew that the FBI believed I was
telling the truth.” … “Over time, I’ve played over 100 rounds of golf with my
erstwhile enemy and captor.” … “What I couldn’t guess was that the biggest
change of my life was just around the corner.” … “But God wasn’t finished with
me yet.” … “I saw God’s hand in guiding this trip to help me become whole and
to reconcile my American present honestly and cleanly with mu German past.” … “You
are a true Christian—you just don’t know it yet”, his future wife said to him.
In the end, it was love of his very young child and even more, the love
of God and His Son, Jesus Christ. His
testimony goes beyond his conversion and borders into his relationship with Deity.
Later, with his daughter, Destiny, he
knows she can’t catch a fish in their lake.
She does and says, “Magic, Daddy, I have magic.” Yes, little one, you have magic. “Only God could create something so
beautiful, and I love you so much. Thank You, God. [Those are the final words in his book!]
From half a dozen formats, you should choose the hardcopy version.
Check your library also.
www.amazon.com/Deep-Undercover-Tangled-Allegiances-America/dp/1496416821
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