The Russian Five (Anglais) - Keith Gave [epub] torrent

The Russian Five

Keith Gave








When the Detroit Red Wings were rebooting their franchise after more than two
decades of relative futility, they knew the best place to find world-class
players who could help turn things around more quickly were conscripted servants
behind the Iron Curtain. All they had to do then was make history by drafting
them, then figure out how to get them out. That's when the Wings turned to Keith
Gave, the newsman whose clandestine mission to Helsinki, Finland, was the first
phase of a of a years-long series of secret meetings from posh hotel rooms to
remote forests around Europe to orchestrate their unlawful departures from the
Soviet Union. One defection created an international incident and made global
headlines. Another player faked cancer, thanks to the Wings' extravagant bribes
to Russian doctors, including a big American car. Another player who wasn't
quite ready to leave yet felt like he was being kidnapped by an unscrupulous
agent. Two others were outcast when they stood up publicly against the Soviet
regime, winning their freedom to play in the NHL only after years of struggle.
They are the Russian Five: Sergei Fedorov, Viacheslav Fetisov, Vladimir
Konstantinov, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Igor Larionov. Their individual stories read
like pulse-pounding spy novels. The story that unfolded after they were brought
together in Detroit by the masterful coach Scotty Bowman is unforgettable. This
story includes details never before revealed, and by the man who was there every
step of the way -- from the day Detroit drafted its first two Soviets in 1989
until they raised the Stanley Cup in 1997, then took it to Moscow for a victory
lap around Red Square and the Kremlin. The Russian Five did more to bridge
Russian and American relations than decades of diplomacy and détente between the
White House and the Kremlin. This is their story.





Genre(s) : Biographie, Sport
Éditeur : Gold Star Publishing
Date de sortie : 2018
Nombre de pages : 288
Nombre de fichier(s) : 1
Poids Total : 585 ko
Format : Ebook
Langue : Anglais