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In 1972, hundreds of thousands of Soviet Union citizens unknowingly faced imminent starvation as parched wheat crops withered from drought in the Volga Plains. Mikhail Fisenko, a veteran Russian grain trader, faced US President Nixon’s government and an oligopoly of powerful, sophisticated global grain trading firms to avoid one of the greatest disasters in Russian history. The lives of many people and his own career were at stake. The suspenseful adventure delivers international intrigue, tracking the Soviet agent across the globe from Moscow to Minneapolis, Geneva to Memphis and Chicago to the plains of Eastern Europe as he strategized, maneuvered and negotiated deals. Fisenko’s fast-paced, high stakes quest included dealings with many skilled veteran grain traders as well as an aspiring Cargill Inc. rookie, Jim McCrea, as he negotiated the largest grain deal in history - without bankrupting his national treasury. Wheat trade became the new “battlefield” in the midst of the Soviet/American Cold War conflict, as the Russian attempted to secretly negotiate the largest deal in commodity trading history. This single, seminal event, later coined as the “Great Grain Robbery”, changed global food prices forever.
ASIN: 1999280520
VSKU: BVV.1999280520.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Crawford, Russ
Binding: Paperback
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