Maverick spy : Stalin's super-agent in World War II
MacGibbon, Hamish2017
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Place reservation for Maverick spy : Stalin's super-agent in World War IIA few years before he died, James MacGibbon confessed to his closest family members that he had spied for the Soviet Union during World War II. At the end of the war MI5 suspected him of espionage and interrogated him but he did not confess. Nevertheless they kept James, his wife Jean and their young family under close surveillance for a number of years, regularly intercepting their mail and recording their telephone conversations. Only after James's death did the true significance of what he might have revealed become clear-in his wartime office role, James had access to the plans for Operation Overlord, D-Day. In this book, James's son Hamish tells the story of his parents, their interaction with the communist party and their flirtation with wartime espionage. It is a unique portrait of two very ordinary people caught up in the extraordinary events of World War Two and the Cold War.
Main title:
Maverick spy : Stalin's super-agent in World War II / Hamish MacGibbon.
Author:
Imprint:
London : I.B. Tauris, 2017.
Collation:
xii, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-218) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Son of the Manse -- 2.`Ma voisine chez Shakespeare' -- 3.Spain -- 4.The Party and British Attitudes to the USSR -- 5.War: James Recruited by the Intelligence Corps -- 6.The Family in Berkshire, 1940-1941 -- 7.Barbarossa -- 8.Natasha -- 9.Code Name `Dolly' -- 10.The Red Army: From Disaster Towards Victory -- 11.Tehran and the D-Day Plans -- 12.`He'll be wearing yellow boots' -- 13.The Good Life in America -- 14.The Security Service Takes an Interest -- 15.A New Author; A New Firm -- 16.`Not the way it's generally done' -- 17.A Visit from Mr Skardon -- 18.Mr White Misses the Plane -- 19.A New Director: Would He Fit In?.
ISBN:
9781784537739
Dewey class:
940.5485
Language:
English
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BRN:
348009
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Penrith | Nonfiction | 940.5485 MAV | Available |
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