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Atomic Spy, The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs, Nancy Thorndike Greenspan

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
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Atomic Spy
Medium
electronic resource eBook
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
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 publisher
Table Of Contents
Prologue: Revelations, London August 1949 -- Beginnings, Leipzig 1930 -- Loss, Kiel 1931 -- Revolt, Kiel 1932 -- Leader, Kiel 1933 -- Underground, Berlin 1933 -- Interlude, Paris 1933 -- Safety, Bristol 1933 -- War, Edinburgh 1937 -- Internment, England 1940 -- Internment, Canada 1940 -- Tube Alloys, Birmingham 1941 -- Manhattan Project, New York 1944 -- Trinity, Los Alamos 1945 -- Director, Harwell 1946 -- Suspects, London September 1949 -- Surveillance, Harwell September 1949 -- Disposal, London October 1949 -- Interrogation, London November 1949 -- Disposal again, London January 1950 -- Confession, Harwell January 1950 -- Arrest, London February 1950 -- Trial, London March 1950 -- FBI, London May 1950 -- Prison, Wormwood Scrubs, June 1950 -- East Germany, Berlin 1959 -- Expectations, Dresden 1960 -- Epilogue : Remembrances, Berlin March 1989
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