Ben Macintyre: A Spy Among Friends
A Spy Among Friends
Buch
- Philby and the Great Betrayal
- Bloomsbury UK, 03/2015
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, ,
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781408851784
- Bestellnummer: 5996899
- Umfang: 368 Seiten
- Sonstiges: b&w plates
- Copyright-Jahr: 2015
- Gewicht: 311 g
- Maße: 198 x 128 mm
- Stärke: 30 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 12.3.2015
- Serie: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
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Kurzbeschreibung
Kim Philby is perhaps the most notorious British defector in history. He betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War. Philbys two closest friends in the intelligence world, Nicholas Elliott of MI6 and James Jesus Angleton, the CIA intelligence chief, thought they knew Philby better than anyone, and then discovered they had not known him at all. This is a story of loyalty, trust and treachery, class and conscience. With access to newly released MI5 files and previously unseen papers, it unlocks what is perhaps the last great secret of the Cold War.Beschreibung
Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War.Philby's two closest friends in the intelligence world, Nicholas Elliott of MI6 and James Jesus Angleton, the CIA intelligence chief, thought they knew Philby better than anyone, and then discovered they had not known him at all. This is a story of intimate duplicity; of loyalty, trust and treachery, class and conscience; of an ideological battle waged by men with cut-glass accents and well-made suits in the comfortable clubs and restaurants of London and Washington; of male friendships forged, and then systematically betrayed.
With access to newly released MI5 files and previously unseen family papers, and with the cooperation of former officers of MI6 and the CIA, this definitive biography unlocks what is perhaps the last great secret of the Cold War.
Klappentext
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WITH AN AFTERWORD BY JOHN LE CARRÉ
'Riveting, astounding ... An unputdownable postwar thriller' Observer
'Irresistibly readable' Sunday Times
'Worthy of John le Carré at his best' Guardian
'Hugely engrossing ... Both authoritative and enthralling' William Boyd
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Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double agent, charmer and traitor, he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Philby, Nicholas Elliott and James Jesus Angleton were rising stars in the intelligence world and shared every secret. Elliott and Angleton thought they knew Philby better than anyone - and then discovered they had not known him at all.
This is a story of loyalty, trust and treachery, class and conscience, of male friendships forged, and then systematically betrayed. With access to newly released MI5 files and previously unseen papers, A Spy Among Friends unlocks what is perhaps the last great secret of the Cold War.
Biografie
Ben Macintyre - Kolumnist der Times. Er war zunächst Redakteur der Weekend Review, bevor er für die Times als Chefkorrespondent nach New York , Paris und Washington ging. Macintyre lebt heute mit seiner Frau und drei Kindern in London und hat mehrere historisch Sachbücher veröffentlicht. Ben Macintyre
A Spy Among Friends
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