Sleeper Agent
The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: x, 259 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
"The little-known story of a spy on the atom-bomb project in World War II who had top security clearance--American born, Soviet trained, he was never even suspected until after his information was in Soviet hands and he was safe in the USSR. It's LeCarre and "The Americans" for real"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Prologue -- Part I: The lure. The dream on Virginia Street ; "Nothing but the truth" ; The arrest -- Part II: The deception. "The business trip" ; Undercover in the Bronx ; General chemistry ; Lies and ties ; The man in the Jeep ; The playhouse secret ; Spycraft ; Defections and detections ; The joiner ; The escape -- Part III: The hunt. Sovershenno sekretno (top secret) ; Postcards from Paris ; The March 1953 letters ; Exposed -- Epilogue.
Subjects:
Kovalʹ, Zhorzh Abramovich, 1913-2006.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
United States. Army. Special Engineer Detachment, 9812th -- Biography.
Spies -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Soviet Union.
Espionage, Soviet -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear weapons -- History -- 20th century.
Chemists -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
Russian Americans -- Biography.
Kovalʹ, Zhorzh Abramovich, 1913-2006.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
United States. Army. Special Engineer Detachment, 9812th -- Biography.
Spies -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Soviet Union.
Espionage, Soviet -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear weapons -- History -- 20th century.
Chemists -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
Russian Americans -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781501173943
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Kovalʹ, Zhorzh | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Koval', Zhorzh | Wheatley (Shandon) | Biography | Held |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-252) and index.