Bibliograph

Atomic Spy, the dark lives of Klaus Fuchs, Nancy Thorndike Greenspan

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Label

Atomic Spy, the dark lives of Klaus Fuchs, Nancy Thorndike Greenspan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Atomic Spy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1124907692

Responsibility statement

Nancy Thorndike Greenspan

Sub title

the dark lives of Klaus Fuchs

Summary

"The gripping biography of a notorious Cold War villain--the German-born British scientist who handed the Soviets top-secret American plans for the plutonium bomb--showing a man torn between conventional loyalties and a sense of obligation to a greater good"--, Provided by publisherKlaus Fuchs was convicted of espionage by Britain in 1950 for handing over the designs of the plutonium bomb to the Russians, and has gone down in history as one of the most dangerous agents in American and British history. Using German archives and family correspondence, Greenspan brings into sharp focus the moral and political ambiguity of the times in which Fuchs lived. After years of struggle and ideological conflict, when Fuchs joined the atomic bomb project his loyalties were firmly split. He started handing over top secret research to the Soviets in 1941, and continued for years from deep within the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, seemingly driven by a dedication to peace, seeking to level the playing field of the world powers. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Revelations, London, August 1949 -- I. Resistance. Beginnings, Leipzig 1930 -- Loss, Kiel 1931 -- Revolt, Kiel 1932 -- Leader, Kiel 1933 -- Underground, Berlin 1933 -- Interlude, Paris 1933 -- II. Rescue. Safety, Bristol 1933 -- War, Edinburgh 1937 -- Internment, England 1940 -- Internment, Canada 1940 -- III. Research. Tube Alloys, Birmingham 1941 -- Manhattan Project, New York 1943 -- Trinity, Los Alamos 1944 -- Director, Harwell 1946 -- IV. Reconnaissance. Suspects, London, September 1949 -- Surveillance, Harwell, September 1949 -- Disposal, London, October 1949 -- Interrogation, London, November 1949 -- V. Results. Disposal again, London, January 1950 -- Confession, Harwell, January 1950 -- Arrest, London, February 1950 -- Trial, London, March 1950 -- FBI, London, May 1950 -- Prison, Wormwood Scrubs, 1950 and on -- VI. Return. East Germany, Berlin 1959 -- Expectations, Dresden 1960 -- Epilogue: Remembrances, Berlin March 1989

Target audience

adult

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