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Crown Jewels: The British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB Archives by West: Used
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Crown Jewels: The British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB Archive
- Publication Date
- 1999-04-01
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN
- 9780300078060
- Subject Area
- Political Science, History
- Publication Name
- Crown Jewels : the British Secrets at the Heart of the Kgb Archives
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Subject
- Intelligence & Espionage, World / European, General
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Item Weight
- 25.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300078064
ISBN-13
9780300078060
eBay Product ID (ePID)
689888
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Publication Name
Crown Jewels : the British Secrets at the Heart of the Kgb Archives
Language
English
Subject
Intelligence & Espionage, World / European, General
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
25.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
98-088428
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
327.1247041
Synopsis
This lively account of Soviet foreign intelligence activity in Great Britain during the Cold War is based on documents newly released from the KGB archives, their "crown jewels," as the KGB unofficially called its most valuable assets. Written by Nigel West, called by the Sunday Times "the unofficial historian of the secret services" and Oleg Tsarev, a former KGB lieutenant colonel, The Crown Jewels provides much new information on the activities of all the well-known British pro-Soviet spies, including Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, and Anthony Blunt, as well as many lesser-known spymasters and recruiters, reproducing many of their reports for the first time. The book adds unsuspected dimensions to the famous Cambridge ring (including details of Burgess's offer to murder his fellow conspirator Goronwy Rees). It also reveals a completely unknown Soviet network based in London and headed by a named Daily Herald journalist; describes the huge scale of Soviet penetration of the British Foreign Office from 1927 to 1951; explores a previously unknown spy ring in Oxford; and tells about the key role played by Blunt in supervising post-war Soviet espionage activities in London., This lively account of Soviet foreign intelligence activity in Great Britain during the Cold War is based on documents newly released from the KGB archives, their "crown jewels," as the KGB unofficially called its most valuable assets. Written by Nigel West, called by the Sunday Times " the unofficial historian of the secret services" and Oleg Tsarev, a former KGB lieutenant colonel, The Crown Jewels provides much new information on the activities of all the well-known British pro-Soviet spies, including Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, and Anthony Blunt, as well as many lesser-known spymasters and recruiters, reproducing many of their reports for the first time. The book adds unsuspected dimensions to the famous Cambridge ring (including details of Burgess's offer to murder his fellow conspirator Goronwy Rees). It also reveals a completely unknown Soviet network based in London and headed by a named Daily Herald journalist; describes the huge scale of Soviet penetration of the British Foreign Office from 1927 to 1951; explores a previously unknown spy ring in Oxford; and tells about the key role played by Blunt in supervising post-war Soviet espionage activities in London.
LC Classification Number
UB271.R9W47 1999
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- Sep 06, 2011
This book, while not as interesting as others, is worth reading.
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