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Red spy queen : a biography of Elizabeth Bentley / / Kathryn S. Olmsted



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Autore: Olmsted Kathryn S Visualizza persona
Titolo: Red spy queen : a biography of Elizabeth Bentley / / Kathryn S. Olmsted Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 268 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 327.1247073/092
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Soggetto topico: Women communists - United States
Communism - United States
Intelligence service - Soviet Union
Espionage - Soviet Union
Informers - United States
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-255) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Red spy queen  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 979-88-908766-3-8
0-8078-6217-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910824939403321
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