Last of the Cold War spies : the life of Michael Straight, the only American in Britain's Cambridge spy ring (Book, 2006) [WorldCat.org]
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Last of the Cold War spies : the life of Michael Straight, the only American in Britain's Cambridge spy ring

Author: Roland Perry
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo ; London : Perseus Running [distributor], 2006.
Edition/Format:   Print book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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. Incorporating  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Biographies
History
Biography
Named Person: Michael Whitney Straight; Michael Whitney Straight
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Roland Perry
ISBN: 030681482X 9780306814822
OCLC Number: 70127754
Notes: Originally published: 2005.
Description: pages cm
Contents: Destiny dictator --
Birth, death, and circumstance --
Marx and Sparks --
Cambridge consolidation --
In the ring --
Graduate in the art of deception --
Green spy --
The informants --
A defensive measure --
New republic, old ways --
Blunt's royal mission --
Political path to nowhere --
Try of the Trojan --
Sideshow sufferings --
Barkovsky and the bomb spies --
The anti-Communist --
The Korean war spies --
Family feud --
A taxing time --
More Moscow connections --
Career change --
Threats from the past --
First in ... --
Blunt revelations --
Arts at last --
A reunion of old comrades --
Split image of a spy.
Responsibility: Roland Perry.

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"An intriguing and illuminating account of Straight's crucial role in the most damaging spy ring of all time" Phillip Knightly, author of Philby: KGB Masterspy"

 
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