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The Spy Who Came In From the Co-op: Melita Norwood and the Ending of Cold War Espionage
David Burke
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Description for The Spy Who Came In From the Co-op: Melita Norwood and the Ending of Cold War Espionage
Paperback. A story of wartime intelligence, super-power relations and spies and their handlers - seen through the experience of Melita Norwood. Series: History of British Intelligence. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations, 16 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
On September 11th 1999 The Times newspaper carried the front page article Revealed: the quiet woman who betrayed Britain for 40 years. The spy who came in from the Co-op. Melita Norwood, the last of the atomic spies, had finally been run to ground, but at 87 she was deemed too old to prosecute. Her crime: the shortening of the Soviet Union's atomic bomb project by up to 5 years. At a time when the world faces fresh dilemmas caused by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, this is the remarkable story of a much earlier drama. ... Read more
On September 11th 1999 The Times newspaper carried the front page article Revealed: the quiet woman who betrayed Britain for 40 years. The spy who came in from the Co-op. Melita Norwood, the last of the atomic spies, had finally been run to ground, but at 87 she was deemed too old to prosecute. Her crime: the shortening of the Soviet Union's atomic bomb project by up to 5 years. At a time when the world faces fresh dilemmas caused by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, this is the remarkable story of a much earlier drama. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843838876
SKU
V9781843838876
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99-50
Reviews for The Spy Who Came In From the Co-op: Melita Norwood and the Ending of Cold War Espionage
An absolutely riveting story of the boiling cauldron of angry conflicting beliefs in Europe and Britain between and during the World Wars. It is brilliantly and concisely told and is essential reading - some of it worryingly apposite today. BELSIZE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER [A] fascinating volume. EAST WEST Burke's knowledge of Russian exiles enables him to ... Read more