Red Spies in America: Stolen Secrets and the Dawn of the Cold War

by Katherine A.S. Sibley

Book Overview

When the United States established diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union in 1933, it did more than normalize relations with the new Bolshevik state--it opened the door to a parade of Russian spies. In the 1930s and 1940s, Soviet engineers and technicians, under the guise of international cooperation, reaped a rich harvest of intelligence from our industrial plants. Factory layouts, aircraft blueprints, fuel formulas--all were grist for the Soviet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700615555
• ISBN13: 9780700615551
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"