The invisible Harry Gold
Subtitle: the man who gave the Soviets the atom bomb
By: Allen M. Hornblum
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9780300156768
Description: A gripping account of the man who gave the USSR the plans for the atom bomb. The subject of the most intensive public manhunt in the history of the FBI, Gold was arrested in May 1950. His confession revealed scores of contacts, and his testimony in the trial of the Rosenbergs proved pivotal.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The spy; title: South Philadelphia; title: A debt repaid; title: The novice spy; title: The evolution of a secret agent; title: Semenov, Slack, and Brothman; title: Dr. Klaus Fuchs; title: The Los Alamos papers; title: The postwar years; title: The hunt for Raymond; title: The fatal words; title: pt. 2. The prisoner; title: Conversion; title: To make amends; title: Prisoner 19312-NE; title: State of mind; title: The campaign for parole; title: Return; title: Epilogue.