Spy or traitor? A choice between loyalty, morality and truth in the heart of the Cold War.
"Iran": McIntyre deals with the role of people who worked in the shadow of this great competition and sometimes their decisions had consequences many times beyond their organizational position. Gordevsky is not a perfect hero, but a gray man who is forced to choose between loyalty to his country and sticking to what he believes is right. Even in closed and outside environments it is possible to formulate doubts and change beliefs. The choice between self-interest and moral responsibility and paying the costs of this choice has different consequences in different historical periods and societies. Do we see him as a hero who took risks to prevent a disaster and save human life, or a person who betrayed his country and preferred security and a better life over loyalty to the country? Perhaps the reader will finally come to the conclusion that one cannot simply accept one of these two images. Read the full text here.