Last of the Cold War Spies: The Life of Michael Straight--The Only American in Britain's Cambridge Spy Ring - Couverture rigide

Perry, Roland

 
9780306814280: Last of the Cold War Spies: The Life of Michael Straight--The Only American in Britain's Cambridge Spy Ring
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ISBN 10 : 0306814285 ISBN 13 : 9780306814280
Editeur : Da Capo Press, 2005

Synopsis

The most damaging spy network of the Cold War—the infamous Cambridge Spy Ring—was comprised of several powerful and influential British citizens—and one American, Michael Straight. Born to a wealthy New England family, Straight attended Cambridge University in the 1930s, and there he fell in with the notorious circle of young men working for Soviet intelligence —Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, Anthony Blunt, and Kim Philby, who was to become the most famous spy of the century.For the next several decades, Michael Straight led a secret life: While working at the State Department, he passed intelligence reports to a Russian agent; while running his family's magazine, The New Republic , he funded several communist fronts; and while serving U.S. presidents, including John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, he continued to meet with agents around the world.Despite Michael Straight's 1963 “confession” to the FBI that his covert activity ceased in 1941, investigative journalist and author Roland Perry has unearthed a different story. Incorporating material from exclusive interviews with Michael Straight, members of his family, and former KGB agents (Perry has been careful to corroborate all KGB-supplied information), as well as archival research from the CIA, FBI, and Soviet intelligence, Perry presents a full and complete portrait of Michael Straight, the last of the Cold War spies.

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À propos de l?auteur

Roland Perry is an author and award-winning journalist living in Australia. Among his sixteen books is The Fifth Man , a biography of Victor Rothschild, British espionage agent; and Hidden Power , an investigation into the election and presidency of Ronald Reagan.

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Éditeur
Da Capo Press
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0306814285
ISBN 13 
9780306814280
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
408
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  030681482X ISBN 13 :  9780306814822
Editeur : Da Capo Press, 2006
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