The Climate of Treason. Five Who Spied for Russia
by Andrew Boyle
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London England: Hutchinson & Co. Fine/Near Fine. 1979. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 009139340X Hardback HardcoverHow did it happen that three young men, all contemporaries, all members of the English upper class, all products of public schools and Cambridge University, should join the profession in the service of the Soviet Union and, over a period of years, consistently betray their country? The author looks at the political and social background to the whole amazing episode. Philby, Burgess and Maclean are the best-known of the undergraduates recruited by the Communist Party at Cambridge in the 1930s, because they were the extreme cases, the men who actually spied against their country. But so far as membership of the Party was concerned, they were only the tip of the iceberg. Boyle makes it clear that the full facts can never be told until the archives of the KGB and the British Secret Service are thrown open to public scrutiny. Illustrated with B/W photoslight toning with age .
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- Title
- The Climate of Treason. Five Who Spied for Russia
- Author
- Andrew Boyle
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- Book Condition
- Used - Fine/Near Fine
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 009139340X
- ISBN 13
- 9780091393403
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- Hutchinson & Co
- Place of Publication
- London England
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Non-Fiction/Spies/Russia/Espionage/Treason/Communist, Party/KGB/British, Secret, Service
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