A former FBI agent’s shocking, inside account of spearheading an investigation into the worst espionage breach in U.S. history
THREE MINUTES TO DOOMSDAY
Joe Navarro
Praise for Three Minutes to Doomsday:
“A fascinating account of counterintelligence in the pre-cyber era and a reminder of how an astute interviewer can be an invaluable asset to
law enforcement.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“One of the most gripping cat-and-mouse espionage stories you’ll ever read.”
— Barry Eisler, author of Fault Line and The Detachment
“If there’s only one book you read about a mole hunt, read this one.”
—Robert Baer, former CIA operative and New York Times bestselling author of See No Evil, Sleeping with the Devil, and The Perfect Kill
“A spellbinding first-person account of brilliant psychological manipulation, meticulous research, and admirable personal sacrifice…unique and electrifying.”
—Jason Matthews, author of Red Sparrow and Palace of Treason
“Like fiction but better…the ultimate
true-life spy story.”
— James Bamford, author of The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America
“A breathtaking account of the most important spy case of the century told by the man who relentlessly pursued it to its conclusion.”
—Harry E. Soyster, former Commanding General of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) and former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
Scribner is delighted to announce the April 18, 2017 publication of Joe Navarro’s astonishing THREE MINUTES TO DOOMSDAY – a gripping memoir that exposes—and provides startling details behind—a colossal espionage breach that could have destroyed the United States.
When Navarro, an expert in analyzing body language, embarked on a routine assignment in August 1988 to interview “person of interest” Roderick James Ramsay regarding his association with a known traitor, he couldn’t know that it would be the beginning of an all-consuming battle of wits at the highest level.
THREE MINUTES TO DOOMSDAY is Navarro’s skillful and exhilarating day-by-day account of the conversational chess match that pitted him against Rod Ramsay, an ex-soldier who possessed the second highest I.Q. ever recorded by the U.S. Army. Ramsay wasn’t just extremely intelligent, though. He possessed a jaw-dropping photographic memory, which allowed him to soak up top-secret information and sell it to the Soviet Union. Incredibly, he eventually succeeded in making the U.S. defenseless against a nuclear attack.
In the same way that the motion picture “Argo” recreates the texture and palpable danger of the Iranian Hostage Crisis, THREE MINUTES TO DOOMSDAY recreates for readers the paralyzing alarm that America’s intelligence officers felt as the Soviet Union, which was perched on the brink of dissolution, maneuvered to gain fatal leverage over the United States. In fact, “Argo” producers George Clooney and Smokehouse Pictures are in the process of adapting Navarro’s story for the screen.
Narrated with vivid, present-tense immediacy and a galloping pace, THREE MINUTES TO DOOMSDAY is a moving, edge-of-the-seat story about catching spies during the Cold War—but it’s also a powerful reminder that our secrets are only as safe as the fallible people guarding them.
JOE NAVARRO was a Special Agent with the FBI in the area of counterintelligence for twenty-five years as well as a founding member of the FBI’s elite National Security Division Behavioral Analysis Program which focused on the behavior of spies and terrorists. Since retiring, Navarro has lectured widely on nonverbal communication and has been featured in major media outlets throughout the world. He is the author of the international bestseller What Every BODY Is Saying (William Morrow, 2008). You can find him at jnforensics.com.
MEET THE AUTHOR: JOE NAVARRO’s Events:
TAMPA, FL - Tuesday, April 18 / 7pm @ Barnes & Noble (213 N Dale Mabry)
WASHINGTON, DC - Wednesday, April 19 / 6:30pm @ International Spy Museum
ABOUT THE BOOK:
THREE MINUTES TO DOOMSDAY
An FBI Agent, a Traitor, and the Worst Espionage Breach in U.S. History
Joe Navarro
Scribner | on-sale April 18, 2017
$26 |352 pages | 9781501128271
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