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UNINA9910824939403321 |
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Autore |
Olmsted Kathryn S |
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Titolo |
Red spy queen : a biography of Elizabeth Bentley / / Kathryn S. Olmsted |
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Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 2002 |
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©2002 |
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ISBN |
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979-88-908766-3-8 |
0-8078-6217-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 268 pages) : illustrations |
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Soggetti |
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Women communists - United States |
Communism - United States |
Intelligence service - Soviet Union |
Espionage - Soviet Union |
Informers - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-255) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1.The Sad & Lonely Girl; 2. Vitally Important Work; 3. Clever Girl; 4. A Serious & Dangerous Burden; 5. Get Rid of Her; 6. The Blonde Spy Queen; 7. False Witness; 8. Somewhat Hysterical; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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When Elizabeth Bentley slunk into an FBI field office in 1945, she was thinking only of saving herself from NKGB assassins who were hot on her trail. She had no idea that she was about to start the greatest Red Scare in U.S. history.Bentley (1908-1963) was a Connecticut Yankee and Vassar graduate who spied for the Soviet Union for seven years. She met with dozens of highly placed American agents who worked for the Soviets, gathering their secrets and stuffing sensitive documents into her knitting bag. But her Soviet spymasters suspected her of disloyalty--and even began plotting to sil |
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