{"product_id":"red-spies-in-america-stolen-secrets-and-the-dawn-of-the-cold-war-paperback-softback-9780700615551","title":"Red Spies in America; Stolen Secrets and the Dawn of the Cold War (Paperback \/ softback) 9780700615551","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRed Spies in America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStolen Secrets and the Dawn of the Cold War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKatherine A.S. Sibley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780700615551\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 November 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e370 pages, 19 photographs\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.5 x 1.9 cm, 0.537 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAn ambitious, important, and well-written book that conveys the extraordinary scope of Soviet industrial and scientific espionage.\" - Harvey Klehr, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eIn Denial: Historians, Communism, and Espionage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An illuminating investigation of the active and extensive Soviet espionage network that operated in the United States beginning in the 1930s. This fine narrative of Soviet spying and America's response to it portrays the Cold War as an era of national anxiety, which bears unsettling similarities to the current era ushered in by 9\/11.\" —\u003ci\u003eForeword Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An invaluable reference on Soviet espionage and a notable addition to scholarship on the origins of the Cold War.\" —\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A page-turner for foreign-affairs historians or students of espionage.\" —\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhen 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 espionage mill. And that, as Katherine Sibley shows, was just the beginning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile most historians date the onset of the Cold War with American fears of Soviet global domination after World War II, Sibley shows that it actually began during the war itself. The uncovering of atomic espionage in 1943 in particular not only led to increased surveillance of our ostensible Russian allies but also underscored a growing distrust of the Soviet Union that would eventually morph into full-blown hostility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeticulously documented through exhaustive new research in American and Soviet archives, Sibley's book provides the most detailed study of Soviet military-industrial espionage to date, revealing that the United States knew much more about Soviet operations than previously acknowledged. She tells of spies like Steve Nelson and Clarence Hiskey, who passed on information about the Manhattan Project; moles within the federal government like Nathan Silvermaster; and Soviet agents like Andrei Schevchenko, who pressed defense workers to divulge high tech secrets. At the same time, as Sibley shows, hundreds of other Red agents went completely undetected. It was only through the revelations of defectors, and the postwar cracking of Soviet codes, that we began to fully understand these breaches in our national security.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSibley describes how our response to this wartime espionage shaped a generation of Red-baiting—triggering loyalty programs, blacklists, and the infamous HUAC hearings—and how it has clouded U.S.-Russian relations down to the present day. She also reviews recent cases—John Walker, Jr., Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen—that demonstrate how Russian efforts to gain American secrets continues well into our present times. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Cold War-watchers and spy aficionados alike, Sibley's work spells out what we actually knew about communist espionage and suggests how and why that knowledge should also shape our understanding of intelligence in the Age of Terrorism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kansas","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530975473944,"sku":"9780700615551","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/red-spies-in-america-stolen-secrets-and-the-dawn-of-the-cold-war-paperback-softback-9780700615551","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}