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Dead doubles : the extraordinary worldwide hunt for one of the Cold War's most notorious spy rings / Trevor Barnes.

Barnes, Trevor, 1955- (author.).

Summary:

An account of one of the most notorious spy cases from the Cold War traces the 1961 international manhunt for five Soviet spies whose activities exposed the shadowy world of deep-cover KGB operatives.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062856999
ISBN: 0062856995
Physical Description: xviii, 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-316) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part one: Investigation. Code-name 'Reverberate' -- Code-name 'Last Act' -- Code-name 'Killjoys' -- Code-name 'Sniper' -- Part two: Morris and Lona Cohen. The FBI hunt for the Cohens -- Part three: Trial. 'One of the most disgraceful cases to come before this court' -- Part four: Inquest. Anatomy of a spy scandal -- Part five: Prison and spy swaps. Gordon Lonsdale -- The Krogers -- Houghton and Gee -- Part six: Russian versions of the truth. Konon Molody in Moscow -- Konon Molody-the spy -- The Cohens in Moscow -- The Cohens as spies -- Houghton and Gee-life after prison -- Houghton and Gee as spies.