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New to the Cambridge Five? Read the basics first. Come back to this one when you know the players well.
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He burned bridges and made scenes. But nobody stopped him. The old-boy network kept him safe for years.
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Hamrick didn't watch the Cold War from the outside. He worked inside the CIA. That makes his argument hard to ignore.
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If you have even a passing interest in espionage, the Second World War, the Cold War, or Britain in the fifties, this book by the KGB controller of the Fenbog Five is a must read.
I was particularly struck by the high esteem in which the author holds Guy Burgess, in contrast to the regular portrayal of Burgess as nothing but a buffoonish, upper class, louche lefty.
Being reminded of the Soviet/Russian perspective on midcentury British and US foreign policy was also refreshing.
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Stalin's Englishman shows the spy and the man. Burgess was brilliant, broken, and loyal only to Moscow.
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Maybe the West used the Cambridge spies too. Hamrick raises that question and backs it up with declassified files.
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Eton. Cambridge. The BBC. The Foreign Office. And the whole time — he worked for the KGB.
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Guy Burgess was a man full of secrets. He worked for Britain but helped the Soviets.
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Guy Burgess was a man full of secrets. He worked for Britain but helped the Soviets.
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Guy Burgess went to Eton, worked for the BBC, and spied for Stalin. Right under Britain's nose.
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Guy Burgess had the best education Britain offered. Then he handed Britain's secrets straight to Moscow.
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Stalin’s Englishman reveals how the Cambridge Spy Ring betrayed Britain and served the Soviets.
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Stalin’s Englishman reveals how the Cambridge Spy Ring betrayed Britain and served the Soviets.
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The Cambridge Spy Ring changed history. Read how one man’s choices shaped a nation’s trust and fear.
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