A first US review of The Stay Behinds has come in, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Intelligence heavy-hitter Toby Harnden writes in SpyTalk:
With meticulous precision, author Johan Wennström has pieced together an important chapter of Cold War history, melding archival research and interviews to produce an account in which every fact is backed up. The result is a dense, but fascinating read that is all the more riveting because it’s true. It never loses sight of the human element, treating readers to a rich cast of ordinary heroes.
And more:
Wennström … has done a real service to espionage history.
Harnden, a former Sunday Times US correspondent, has extensive experience of investigating the secret world—and knows what he’s talking about.
