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The most damaging spy network of the Cold War—the infamous Cambridge Spy Ring—was comprised of several powerful and influential British citizens—and one American, Michael Straight. Born to a wealthy New England family, Straight attended Cambridge University in the 1930s, and there he fell in with the notorious circle of young men working for Soviet intelligence —Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, Anthony Blunt, and Kim Philby, who was to become the most famous spy of the century.For the next several d
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- Author
- Perry, Roland, 1946-
- Publisher
- Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780306814280
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Memoir, True Crime
- Rating
- 3.06 / 5 (13 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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