The shadow man : at the heart of the Cambridge spy circle /

"James Klugmann appears as a shadowy figure in the legendary history of the Cambridge spies. As both mentor and friend to Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess and others, Klugmann was the man who manipulated promising recruits deemed ripe for conversion to the communist cause. This perception of him was...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Andrews, Geoff, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2015.
Subjects:
Klugmann, James.
Klugmann, James
1900-1999
Espionage, Soviet > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Spies > Great Britain > Biography.
Spies > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Espionnage soviétique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Espions > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Espions > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Biography: historical, political & military.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Espionage, Soviet
Spies
Great Britain
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • 1. Hampstead: Bourgeois Beginnings
  • 2. Outsider at Gresham's
  • 3. A Cambridge Communist
  • 4. Organising the Movement
  • 5. Mentor and Talent Spotter
  • 6. The Making of a Communist Intellectual
  • 7. Working for the Comintern
  • 8. The Professional Revolutionary
  • 9. The Spy Circle
  • 10. The Reluctant Spy
  • 11. A Communist Goes to War
  • 12. Comrade or Conspirator?
  • 13. Great Expectations
  • 14. Cold War Intellectual
  • 15. Trials and Tribulations
  • 16. The Party Functionary: 1956 and After
  • 17. A Lost Generation
  • 18. Late Spring
  • 19. Hopes and Fears
  • 20. A Good Jesuit.

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