Escape!: How a Young American and a Famous Soviet Scientist Deceived the KGB and Defected Together to America

by Hoffman, Robert M.

• ISBN13: 9780979411892
• ISBN10: 0979411890
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-04
• Publisher: Arbor Books

Summary

RESCUE MISSION MOSCOWImagine this scenario: you?re an American who?s been thrust into the heart of the Soviet Union during the Cold War where the KGB controls everything. International travel is closed except to an elite few and there is practically no way of contacting home?even short-wave radio is jammed. Food is scarce and material possessions are almost nonexistent. Such was the case for young scientist, Robert Hoffman. There were almost no supplies, poor and broken-down equipment and manuals he could hardly understand. Despite all of these disadvantages, he found solace with the scientists in Moscow and found a band of men and women who could have competed with the best in the world. The brightest young star of the Moscow scientific community was a young man named Alex Varshavsky, who had dreamed for many years of escaping the prison that was the Soviet Union. After befriending Alex, Hoffman vowed to get him out of the country. But, was he smart enough to concoct an escape plan that could be hidden from the KGB? Maybe?but for how long?

Author Biography

Robert M. Hoffman is a professor of surgery at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. He completed his Ph.D. in Biology at Harvard University. His post-doctoral training was at Massachusetts General Hospital and Moscow State University. Hoffman is a leading international authority on cancer research and he founded the biotechnology company, AntiCancer, Inc. (www.anticancer.com).