The Resource True believer : Stalin's last American spy, Kati Marton
True believer : Stalin's last American spy, Kati Marton
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The item True believer : Stalin's last American spy, Kati Marton represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item True believer : Stalin's last American spy, Kati Marton represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
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- Summary
- "This astonishing real-life spy thriller, filled with danger, misplaced loyalties, betrayal, treachery, and pure evil, with a plot twist worthy of John le Carre, is relevant today as a tale of fanaticism and the lengths it takes us to. True Believer reveals the life of Noel Field, an American who betrayed his country and crushed his family. Field, once a well-meaning and privileged American, spied for Stalin during the 1930s and '40s. Then a pawn in Stalin's sinister master strategy, Field was kidnapped and tortured by the KGB and forced to testify against his own Communist comrades. How does an Ivy League-educated, US State Department employee, deeply rooted in American culture and history, become a hardcore Stalinist? The 1930s, when Noel Field joined the secret underground of the International Communist Movement, were a time of national collapse: ten million Americans unemployed, rampant racism, retreat from the world just as fascism was gaining ground, and Washington--pre FDR--parched of fresh ideas. Communism promised the righting of social and political wrongs and many in Field's generation were seduced by its siren song. Few, however, went as far as Noel Field in betraying their own country. With a reporter's eye for detail, and a historian's grasp of the cataclysmic events of the twentieth century, Kati Marton captures Field's riveting quest for a life of meaning that went horribly wrong. True Believer is supported by unprecedented access to Field family correspondence, Soviet Secret Police records, and reporting on key players from Alger Hiss, CIA Director Allen Dulles, and World War II spy master, 'Wild Bill' Donovan--to the most sinister of all: Josef Stalin. A story of another time, this is a tale relevant for all times."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- x, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781476763767
- Label
- True believer : Stalin's last American spy
- Title
- True believer
- Title remainder
- Stalin's last American spy
- Statement of responsibility
- Kati Marton
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Biography
- Communists
- Communists -- United States -- Biography
- Diplomatic relations
- Espionage, Soviet
- Espionage, Soviet -- United States -- History
- Field, Noel Haviland, 1904-1970
- Field, Noel Haviland, 1904-1970
- Friendship
- History
- 1933-1945
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Spies
- Spies -- United States -- Biography
- Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953
- Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Friends and associates
- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union
- Biographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This astonishing real-life spy thriller, filled with danger, misplaced loyalties, betrayal, treachery, and pure evil, with a plot twist worthy of John le Carre, is relevant today as a tale of fanaticism and the lengths it takes us to. True Believer reveals the life of Noel Field, an American who betrayed his country and crushed his family. Field, once a well-meaning and privileged American, spied for Stalin during the 1930s and '40s. Then a pawn in Stalin's sinister master strategy, Field was kidnapped and tortured by the KGB and forced to testify against his own Communist comrades. How does an Ivy League-educated, US State Department employee, deeply rooted in American culture and history, become a hardcore Stalinist? The 1930s, when Noel Field joined the secret underground of the International Communist Movement, were a time of national collapse: ten million Americans unemployed, rampant racism, retreat from the world just as fascism was gaining ground, and Washington--pre FDR--parched of fresh ideas. Communism promised the righting of social and political wrongs and many in Field's generation were seduced by its siren song. Few, however, went as far as Noel Field in betraying their own country. With a reporter's eye for detail, and a historian's grasp of the cataclysmic events of the twentieth century, Kati Marton captures Field's riveting quest for a life of meaning that went horribly wrong. True Believer is supported by unprecedented access to Field family correspondence, Soviet Secret Police records, and reporting on key players from Alger Hiss, CIA Director Allen Dulles, and World War II spy master, 'Wild Bill' Donovan--to the most sinister of all: Josef Stalin. A story of another time, this is a tale relevant for all times."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Marton, Kati
- Dewey number
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- 327.12092
- B
- Illustrations
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- plates
- photographs
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E743.5.F47
- LC item number
- M37 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Field, Noel Haviland
- Stalin, Joseph
- Field, Noel Haviland
- Stalin, Joseph
- Spies
- Communists
- Espionage, Soviet
- Communists
- Diplomatic relations
- Espionage, Soviet
- Friendship
- Spies
- United States
- Soviet Union
- United States
- Soviet Union
- United States
- Label
- True believer : Stalin's last American spy, Kati Marton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- x, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781476763767
- Lccn
- 2015041712
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- photographs
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn938703000
- Label
- True believer : Stalin's last American spy, Kati Marton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- x, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781476763767
- Lccn
- 2015041712
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- photographs
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn938703000
Subject
- Biographies
- Biography
- Communists
- Communists -- United States -- Biography
- Diplomatic relations
- Espionage, Soviet
- Espionage, Soviet -- United States -- History
- Field, Noel Haviland, 1904-1970
- Field, Noel Haviland, 1904-1970
- Friendship
- History
- 1933-1945
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Spies
- Spies -- United States -- Biography
- Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953
- Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Friends and associates
- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union
- Biographies
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