Red Conspirator: J. Peters and the American Communist Underground Tapa dura - 2011

University of Illinois Press, 2011-03-03. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. Dust jacket has edge creasing and light wear. Remainder mark on bottom. Text unmarked, pages clean & bright, binding tight. Ships Next Business Day.

New. In this bold contribution to our understanding of the Communist underground in the United States, Thomas Sakmyster offers the first biography of controversial spymaster J. Peters, a shadowy figure in the American Communist party in the 1920s through the 1940s. Using Peters's unpublished memoir as well as multilingual sources from the United States, the United Kingdom, Hungary, and the Soviet Union, Sakmyster traces Peters's activities from his arrival in the United States to the dawn of the Cold War and his deportation back to Hungary. Known as the "Hungarian man of mystery," Peters emigrated to the United States in 1924 after serving in the Austrian Army during World War I. In America, he oversaw a false passport operation that facilitated movement of Soviet agents to the United States and American communists to the Soviet Union. Working under a number of aliases, he constructed a complex network of informants and spies that stole numerous State Department documents in… Leer más

University of Illinois Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Univ of Illinois Pr, 2011. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 251 pages. 9.30x6.40x1.20 inches.

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