The Resource A spy among friends : Kim Philby and the great betrayal, Ben Macintyre
A spy among friends : Kim Philby and the great betrayal, Ben Macintyre
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- Summary
- "Kim Philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain's counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War - while he was secretly working for the enemy. And nobody thought he knew Philby like Nicholas Elliott, Philby's best friend and fellow officer in MI6. The two men had gone to the same schools, belonged to the same exclusive clubs, grown close through the crucible of wartime intelligence work and long nights of drink and revelry. It was madness for one to think the other might be a communist spy, bent on subverting Western values and the power of the free world. But Philby was secretly betraying his friend. Every word Elliott breathed to Philby was transmitted back to Moscow - and not just Elliott's words, for in America, Philby had made another powerful friend: James Jesus Angleton, the crafty, paranoid head of CIA counterintelligence. Angleton's and Elliott's unwitting disclosures helped Philby sink almost every important Anglo-American spy operation for twenty years, leading countless operatives to their doom. Even as the web of suspicion closed around him, and Philby was driven to greater lies to protect his cover, his two friends never abandoned him - until it was too late. The stunning truth of his betrayal would have devastating consequences on the two men who thought they knew him best, and on the intelligence services he left crippled in his wake."--book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xii, 368 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780804136631
- Label
- A spy among friends : Kim Philby and the great betrayal
- Title
- A spy among friends
- Title remainder
- Kim Philby and the great betrayal
- Statement of responsibility
- Ben Macintyre
- Title variation
- spy among friends
- Title variation remainder
- Kim Philbys great betrayal
- Subject
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- trueBetrayal
- Biography
- trueDouble agents
- Espionage, Soviet
- Espionage, Soviet -- Great Britain -- History
- Great Britain
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- 20th century
- History
- Philby, Kim, 1912-1988
- Philby, Kim, 1912-1988
- trueSecret service -- Great Britain
- trueSoviet Union -- History -- 1953-1991
- Spies
- trueSpies -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueSpies -- Soviet Union -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Kim Philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain's counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War - while he was secretly working for the enemy. And nobody thought he knew Philby like Nicholas Elliott, Philby's best friend and fellow officer in MI6. The two men had gone to the same schools, belonged to the same exclusive clubs, grown close through the crucible of wartime intelligence work and long nights of drink and revelry. It was madness for one to think the other might be a communist spy, bent on subverting Western values and the power of the free world. But Philby was secretly betraying his friend. Every word Elliott breathed to Philby was transmitted back to Moscow - and not just Elliott's words, for in America, Philby had made another powerful friend: James Jesus Angleton, the crafty, paranoid head of CIA counterintelligence. Angleton's and Elliott's unwitting disclosures helped Philby sink almost every important Anglo-American spy operation for twenty years, leading countless operatives to their doom. Even as the web of suspicion closed around him, and Philby was driven to greater lies to protect his cover, his two friends never abandoned him - until it was too late. The stunning truth of his betrayal would have devastating consequences on the two men who thought they knew him best, and on the intelligence services he left crippled in his wake."--book jacket
- Award
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- Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, 2015.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2014
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10317269
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Macintyre, Ben
- Dewey number
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- 327.1247041092
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- True
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- Philby, Kim
- Philby, Kim
- Spies
- Espionage, Soviet
- Espionage, Soviet
- Spies
- Great Britain
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- Kim Philby's great betrayal
- Label
- A spy among friends : Kim Philby and the great betrayal, Ben Macintyre
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-359) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1028631
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xii, 368 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780804136631
- Lccn
- 2014003296
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780804136631
- (OCoLC)862794085
- Label
- A spy among friends : Kim Philby and the great betrayal, Ben Macintyre
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-359) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1028631
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xii, 368 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780804136631
- Lccn
- 2014003296
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780804136631
- (OCoLC)862794085
Subject
- trueBetrayal
- Biography
- trueDouble agents
- Espionage, Soviet
- Espionage, Soviet -- Great Britain -- History
- Great Britain
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- 20th century
- History
- Philby, Kim, 1912-1988
- Philby, Kim, 1912-1988
- trueSecret service -- Great Britain
- trueSoviet Union -- History -- 1953-1991
- Spies
- trueSpies -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueSpies -- Soviet Union -- Biography
Genre
Included in
- trueElizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2014
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