02770nam 2200649 a 450 991078036710332120230912192639.0979-88-908766-3-80-8078-6217-7(CKB)111087027917602(EBL)413381(OCoLC)476237253(SSID)ssj0000234266(PQKBManifestationID)11218814(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234266(PQKBWorkID)10240936(PQKB)10635730(Au-PeEL)EBL413381(CaPaEBR)ebr10202631(CaONFJC)MIL929162(MiAaPQ)EBC413381(EXLCZ)9911108702791760220020228h20022002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRed spy queen a biography of Elizabeth Bentley /Kathryn S. OlmstedChapel Hill :University of North Carolina Press,2002.©20021 online resource (xiv, 268 pages) illustrations1-4696-1499-5 0-8078-2739-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-255) and index.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; IndexWhen 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 silWomen communistsUnited StatesBiographyCommunismUnited StatesIntelligence serviceSoviet UnionEspionageSoviet UnionInformersUnited StatesBiographyWomen communistsCommunismIntelligence serviceEspionageInformers327.1247073/092BOlmsted Kathryn S1539136MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780367103321Red spy queen3789780UNINA