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A review by ralphz
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre
5.0
This is about the biggest breach of British intelligence, the Soviet spy Kim Philby, who sold secrets from the 1930s until 1962.
A committed communist and upper-class Cambridge student, Philby, along with two friends, were recruited by the KGB. From before WWII to the Cold War, they undermined British anti-Soviet operations. From 1945 onward, these moves resulted in the deaths of likely hundreds of British and American agents worldwide.
Philby was a hard-drinking, secret-keeping wonder, lying to friends and family for decades in the service of the Soviet Union. The stories are too numerous to retell here, but they make an amazing story of duplicity and betrayal.
Ben MacIntyre is the perfect author for this story, having written about other true cases of espionage. His "Operation Mincemeat" and "The Spy and the Traitor" are two of my favorites.
A committed communist and upper-class Cambridge student, Philby, along with two friends, were recruited by the KGB. From before WWII to the Cold War, they undermined British anti-Soviet operations. From 1945 onward, these moves resulted in the deaths of likely hundreds of British and American agents worldwide.
Philby was a hard-drinking, secret-keeping wonder, lying to friends and family for decades in the service of the Soviet Union. The stories are too numerous to retell here, but they make an amazing story of duplicity and betrayal.
Ben MacIntyre is the perfect author for this story, having written about other true cases of espionage. His "Operation Mincemeat" and "The Spy and the Traitor" are two of my favorites.