Treason in the Blood (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Anthony Cave Brown
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1885-1990
- Setting: The Middle East, London, Moscow, and Washington, D.C.
- Principal Characters: H. St. John Philby, H. A. R. “Kim” Philby, James Jesus Angleton
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Islam, Betrayal, World War II, Individuality, World War I, Espionage or spies, Middle East, Soviet Union or Soviets, Oil wells or oil-well drilling
- Locales: Washington, D.C., London, England, Moscow, Russia, Saudi Arabia
Just as the Dreyfus Affair in late nineteenth century France continues to echo through modern politics in that country, so the “Philby Affair” continues to haunt the postwar politics and the intelligence communities of Great Britain and the United States. Kim Philby apparently became a Soviet mole while at Cambridge in 1934, joined the British secret services in the early days of World War II, eventually became head of British countermeasures against the Soviets, and was assigned to Washington in the early 1950’s. He was implicated in the escape of two other Soviet agents within...
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