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

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.
Subject: Lonsdale, Gordon, 1922-1970.
Kroger, Peter.
Kroger, Helen.
Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti.
Espionage, Soviet > Great Britain.
Espionage, Soviet > United States.
Spies > Soviet Union.
Genre: Informational works.

Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

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  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library 327.47073 BARNES 2020 (Text) 0001002375465 Nonfiction Available -

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