Enemies within : communists, the Cambridge spies and the making of modern Britain
Davenport-Hines, R. P. T. (Richard Peter Treadwell), 1953-2019
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What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands? With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayed their country and what this cost Britain and its allies. 'Enemies Within' is a new history of the influence of Moscow on Britain told through the stories of those who chose to spy for the Soviet Union. It also challenges entrenched assumptions about abused trust, corruption and Establishment cover-ups that began with the Cambridge Five and the disappearance of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean on the night boat to Saint-Malo in 1951.
Main title:
Enemies within : communists, the Cambridge spies and the making of modern Britain / Richard Davenport-Hines.
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Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2019.
Collation:
xxix, 642 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780007516698 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
327.120922327.1209327.12 DAVE
Language:
English
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BRN:
1171536