A Time for Spies
Subtitle: Theodore Stephanovich Mally and the Era of the Great Illegals
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: November 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780826513526
Subjects: Espionage & secret services; Soviet Union; Historical - General; Intelligence Operations; True Crime; History - Military / War; Military - Intelligence/Espionage; Mally, Theodore Stephanovich,; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Espionage; Spies; 1894-1938; Biography; Espionage, Soviet; Great Britain
Description: "The story of Theodore Stephanovich Mally, the legendary Soviet intelligence officer who directed the trained Philby, Donald Maclean, and many others, is as significant and compelling as that of Philby himself. In this enlightening new book, former FBI special Agent William E. Duff offers a portrait of Mally and the historical and psychological factors that influenced and motivated him."--BOOK JACKET.

"By examining this instrumentally important yet largely ignored figure, Duff provides a unique glimpse into the rapidly evolving world of prewar Soviet intelligence, its people, and its tradecraft. With an audience ranging from Sovietologists to historians and general readers, A Time for Spies is an invaluable contribution to the growing body of Soviet-era studies."--BOOK JACKET.