A SPY AMONG FRIENDS: KIM PHILBY AND THE GREAT BETRAYAL.

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Agent,double agent,charmer and traitor,Kim Philby betrayed the most secret Anglo-American operations in the early years of the Cold War. In the aftermath of WW2, Kim Philby,Nicholas Elliott and James Jesus Angleton were rising stars in the intelligence world, and firm friends.The three spies belonged to the same clubs,drank in the same bars,wore the same well-tailored suits and spoke in similar cut-glass accents.Philby and Elliott were the 'golden lads' of MI6,Britain's secret intelligence service;Angleton was the brilliant young American chief of counter-intelligence at the CIA.For years they shared every secret.But Philby had one secret he did not disclose: he was,all along,covertly working for Moscow,divulging everything to his Soviet spymasters,with bloody consequences.Elliott and Angleton thought they knew Philby better than anyone,and then discovered they had known him not at all.This is a story of trust and treachery,class and conscience; of an ideological battle between friends,exquisitely polite and perfectly ruthless,waged in the comfortable clubs and restaurants of London and Washington;of male friendships forged,and then systematically betrayed.Told with access to newly released MI5 files and previously unseen family papers,'A Spy Among Friends' is the story of the monumental deception which defined the Cold War espionage battle and sent hundreds to their deaths.The astonishing life of Kim Philby,the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history,is a tale of political loyalty and personal duplicity;a chilling examination of how far anyone can ever really know another human being. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **