The Young Kim Philby: Soviet Spy and British Intelligence Officer

by Edward Harrison

Kim Philby is perhaps the most notorious traitor in British History and the archetypal spy: ingenious, charming and deceitful. The reluctance of the British and Russian governments to reveal full details of his career meant that for many years a shortage of evidence fuelled controversy. Was Philby an ideological spy, working for the Soviet Union out of Communist conviction, or was he prompted by a personality defect to choose a life of treachery?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859898679
• ISBN13: 9780859898676
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"