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Bezig met laden... Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Awaydoor Ann Hagedorn
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. The story of the last known USSR atom bomb spy to escape the US. From mid-1940s until nearly the present. Not a whodunit, although there are plenty of false leads. This is a serious piece of reporting, meant to provide a basis for other research. Meticulous descriptions. Real conversations. Imagined where not known and acknowledged as such. With the participants dying off, this had to be written now geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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The dramatic and chilling story of an American-born Soviet spy in the atom bomb project in World War II, perfect for fans of The Americans. George Koval was born in Iowa. In 1932, his parents, Russian Jews who had emigrated because of anti-Semitism, decided to return home to live out their socialist ideals. George, who was as committed to socialism as they were, went with them. It was there that he was recruited by the Soviet Army as a spy and returned to the US in 1940. A gifted science student, he enrolled at Columbia University, where he knew scientists soon to join the Manhattan Project, America's atom bomb program. After being drafted into the US Army, George used his scientific background and connections to secure an assignment at a site where plutonium and uranium were produced to fuel the atom bomb. There, and later in a second top-secret location, he had full access to all facilities and he passed highly sensitive information to Moscow. There were hundreds of spies in the US during World War II but Koval was the only Soviet military spy with security clearances in the atomic-bomb project. The ultimate sleeper agent, he was an all-American boy who had played baseball, loved Walt Whitman's poetry, and mingled freely with fellow Americans. After the war got away without a scratch. It is indisputable that his information landed in the right hands in Moscow. In 1949 Soviet scientists produced a bomb identical to America's years earlier than US experts expected. A gripping, fast-paced, extensively researched story about one undetected spy who influenced history, Sleeper Agent is perfect for Ben Macintyre fans. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)940.54History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War IILC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Koval was a skillful and astute spy, which extended to his knowing when to get out of America, ahead of the House Un-American Activities Committee and FBI, and return to the USSR where he became a professor of chemistry at the same school where he received his degree before his return to the U.S. years earlier. Koval spent eight years here on a “business trip,” ultimately a success for the Soviet Union. ( )