Moscow Airlift - Marc Liebman

When Gorbachev committed his country to purchasing at least eight million tons of grain over the next five years by signing the historic U.S./Soviet grain deal in 1991, he knew the country was broke.  Inflation in the Soviet Union is almost out of control; the government is losing its iron grip on the population and in March; and the Soviet parliament votes to dissolve the Soviet Union.  Hardliners want Gorbachev out of power and the Iranians see the turmoil as a chance to acquire tactical nuclear weapons. The U.S. is getting conflicting intelligence on the situation in the Soviet Union and Josh Haman is sent to Moscow to be an independent set of eyes and years.  On the day he arrives, a KGB general promises to give him the names and addresses of the man who ordered the killing of his first wife’s parents.  His mission expands from gathering intelligence on the volatile political situation  to stopping the delivery of the nuclear weapons to the Iranians all the while he is tormented by the desire to exact revenge.