Spies The Secret Agents Who Changed the Course of History |
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Author:
| Volkman, Ernest |
ISBN: | 978-0-471-15403-7 |
Publication Date: | Mar 1996 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Wiley |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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"Highly entertaining." --Publishers Weekly
"An intriguing text." --Booklist
Acclaimed author Ernest Volkman strips away the myths and Hollywood hype to reveal the human drama behind "the world's second oldest profession" --espionage. Here are the men and women whose daring feats of subterfuge have, for better or worse, irrevocably altered the course of history:
- "Counterfeit Traitor" Eric Erickson, the American businessman who, posing as a Swedish Nazi, helped...
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"Highly entertaining." --Publishers Weekly
"An intriguing text." --Booklist
Acclaimed author Ernest Volkman strips away the myths and Hollywood hype to reveal the human drama behind "the world's second oldest profession" --espionage. Here are the men and women whose daring feats of subterfuge have, for better or worse, irrevocably altered the course of history:
- "Counterfeit Traitor" Eric Erickson, the American businessman who, posing as a Swedish Nazi, helped stanch the flow of oil to Hitler's war machine and end the war in Europe.
- Fritz Kauders, the Viennese Jew who went from being a small-time confidence trickster to being one of Germany's most valued spies and a Soviet double agent.
- Amy Thorpe, the gorgeous American debutante turned superspy.
- British agent 17F, Ian Fleming, author of some of the most outrageous (and effective) "dirty tricks" in the annals of espionage.
- Dutch housewife-turned-burlesque-dancer-turned-secret-agent Margareta Zelle, a.k.a. Mata Hari, who, contrary to popular belief, was neither beautiful nor a very good spy
- Brilliant Soviet superspy Richard Sorge, whose intelligence-gathering operation in Japan balked Nazi Germany's attempt to seize Moscow.