Swap

Swap A secret history of the new Cold War

Drew Hinshaw

Book - 2025

Swap unspools the history behind the series of prisoner trades that returned Moscow and Washington to the crude transactional logic of the Cold War, culminating in the two rivals' largest and most complex swap ever. On August 1, 2024, twenty-four people jailed in seven nations were exchanged, including eight Russian spies, smugglers, hackers, and a professional hit man. But that headline moment was only the climax of a secret war two decades in the making. --

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Subjects
Hostages.
Espionage.
Diplomacy.
hostages.
diplomacy.
United States > Foreign relations > Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 21st century.
Published
New York, NY : Harper 2025.
Language
English
Main Author
Drew Hinshaw (author)
Other Authors
Joe Parkinson (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
xiii, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780063458246
  • Cast of Characters
  • Author's Note
  • Prologue
  • Part I. Man Missing
  • 1. An Operation
  • 2. The Hostage Recovery Enterprise
  • Part II. The Game
  • 3. The Shield and Sword
  • 4. "Slippers" vs. "Boots"
  • 5. Russia House
  • Part III. The Americans
  • 6. The Missing Marine
  • 7. "All You Need Is Love"
  • 8. "I See an Opportunity"
  • 9. An All-Star Arrest
  • 10. Long Patience
  • 11. "Mr. Defendant"
  • 12. The Owl
  • 13. Finding Needles in a Needlestack
  • Part IV. The Rubik's Cube
  • 14. "We've Got a Big Problem"
  • 15. Napkin Deal
  • 16. Secret Project Silver Lake
  • 17. Staatsräson
  • 18. The Whelans
  • 19. The Problem Widens
  • 20. Backchannel Wizards
  • 21. Polar Wolf
  • 22. What Now?
  • Part V. The Big Swap
  • 23. The Big List
  • 24. "I Need Eight Weeks"
  • 25. Scenario Planning
  • 26. "This Is a Prisoner Exchange"
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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