Stalin's agent : the life and death of Alexander Orlov / / Boris Volodarsky
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| Autore: |
Volodarsky Boris
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| Titolo: |
Stalin's agent : the life and death of Alexander Orlov / / Boris Volodarsky
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (832 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 327.12092 |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This is the history of an unprecedented deception operation - the biggest KGB deception of all time. It has never been told in full until now. There are almost certainly people who would like it never to be told. It is the story of General Alexander Orlov. Stalin's most loyal and trusted henchman during the Spanish Civil War, Orlov was also the Soviet handler controlling Kim Philby, the British spy, defector, and member of the notorious 'Cambridge Five'. Escaping Stalin's purges, Orlov fled to America in the late 1930s and lived underground. He only dared reveal his identity to the world after |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Stalin's agent |
| ISBN: | 0-19-104552-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463592603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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