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Clever girl: Elizabeth Bentley, the spy who ushered in the McCarthy era by Lauren Kessler is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Communists vilified her as a raging neurotic. Leftists dismissed her as a confused idealist. Her family pitied her as an exploited lover. Some said she was a traitor, a stooge, a mercenary and a grandstander. To others she was a true American heroine—fearless, principled, bold and resolute. Congressional committees loved her. The FBI hailed her as an avenging angel. The Catholics embraced her. But the fact is, more than half a century after she captured the headlines as the "Red Spy Queen," E
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Lauren Kessler
- Publisher
- HarperCollins e-books
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780061740473
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Social Science
- Rating
- 3.56 / 5 (68 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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