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1 online resource |
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Cover; Title Page; Contents; Epigraph; Foreword by Phillip Knightley; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1.: The Public Schoolboy; 2.: New Frontiers; 3.: Change of Life; 4.: Own Trumpet; 5.: Section V; 6.: On the Map; 7.: Ryder Street and Broadway; 8.: Decline and Fall; 9.: Over and Out; 10.: 'The KGB Officer'; 11.: The Elite Force; 12.: Retrospect; Epilogue; Appendices; A, B, C; Index; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z; Plates; Copyright |
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Kim Philby, the so-called Third Man in the Cambridge spy ring, was the Cold War's most infamous traitor, a Soviet spy at the heart of British intelligence. Philby joined Britain's secret service MI6 during the war and went on to head the section tasked with rooting out Russian spies before becoming the service's chief liaison officer with the CIA. He betrayed hundreds of British and US agents to the Russians and compromised numerous operations inside the Soviet Union. Tim Milne was Philby's closest and oldest friend. They studied at Westminster School together and when Philby joined MI6 he imm |
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Philby, Kim, 1912-1988
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Philby, Kim, 1912-1988 fast |
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Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Spies -- Soviet Union -- Biography
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Espionage, Soviet -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Espionage, Soviet
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Spies
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Great Britain
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Soviet Union
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849547239 |
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1849547238 |
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