The Cold War. A war of idealism and of propaganda between the two great rivals, the United States and the USSR. A big part of this game was spying and spies. They were used by both sides to gather information and intelligence on the other side. They also used them to spread false information to mislead their rivals. Being a spy extremely dangerous job and if one was caught the chances of survival were slim. They were often caught by their own errors or by betrayal. Usually execution awaited them or imprisonment. Very rarely an exchange would happen within the two countries for their spies but that almost never happened. Both sides had a great number of spies. They had spies everywhere and they were very well hidden. The ability to blend well
