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Dead doubles : the extraordinary worldwide hunt for one of the Cold War's most notorious spy rings /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: xviii, 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780062856999
  • 0062856995
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.1247 23
LOC classification:
  • UB271.R9 B36 2020
Contents:
Who's who and code-names -- Note on the KGB -- MI5: Who's who of the Portland spy case -- Prologue -- Part one: Investigation. Code-name 'Reverberate' ; Code-name 'Last Act' ; Code-name 'Killjoys' ; Code-name 'Sniper' -- Part two: Morris and Lona Cohen. The FBI hunt for the Cohens -- Part three: Trial. 'One of the most disgraceful cases to come before this court' -- Part four: Inquest. Anatomy of a spy scandal -- Part five: Prison and spy swaps. Gordon Lonsdale ; The Krogers ; Houghton and Gee -- Part six: Russian versions of the truth. Konon Molody in Moscow ; Konon Molody--the spy ; The Cohens in Moscow ; The Cohens as spies ; Houghton and Gee--life after prison ; Houghton and Gee as spies -- Epilogue.
Summary: An account of one of the most notorious spy cases from the Cold War traces the 1961 international manhunt for five Soviet spies whose activities exposed the shadowy world of deep-cover KGB operatives.Other editions: Reproduction of (manifestation): Barnes, Trevor, 1955- Dead doubles.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 327.1247 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000577589

"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-316) and index.

Who's who and code-names -- Note on the KGB -- MI5: Who's who of the Portland spy case -- Prologue -- Part one: Investigation. Code-name 'Reverberate' ; Code-name 'Last Act' ; Code-name 'Killjoys' ; Code-name 'Sniper' -- Part two: Morris and Lona Cohen. The FBI hunt for the Cohens -- Part three: Trial. 'One of the most disgraceful cases to come before this court' -- Part four: Inquest. Anatomy of a spy scandal -- Part five: Prison and spy swaps. Gordon Lonsdale ; The Krogers ; Houghton and Gee -- Part six: Russian versions of the truth. Konon Molody in Moscow ; Konon Molody--the spy ; The Cohens in Moscow ; The Cohens as spies ; Houghton and Gee--life after prison ; Houghton and Gee as spies -- Epilogue.

An account of one of the most notorious spy cases from the Cold War traces the 1961 international manhunt for five Soviet spies whose activities exposed the shadowy world of deep-cover KGB operatives.

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