Operation Whisper
Subtitle: the capture of Soviet spies Morris and Lona Cohen
By: Barnes Carr
Publisher: ForeEdge
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781611688092
Subjects: Soviet Espionage; Biography; Spies
Description: "Born and raised in the Bronx Morris Cohen and his wife, Lona, were as American as football and fried chicken, but for one detail: they'd spent their entire adult lives stealing American military secrets for the Soviet Union."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-312) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Recruits; title: Security Matter C; title: Student radical; title: Spain calling; title: Dangerous crossing; title: The elite of the internationals; title: Code name Luis; title: Part II. Professionals; title: Volunteer activated; title: Ghouls and dead doubles; title: The agent who never was; title: A balance of terror; title: Mission to Albuquerque; title: All networks blown; title: A grave situation; title: Agents on the run; title: Part III. Masters; title: Whispers of suspicion; title: House of secrets; title: Lock, stock, and barrel; title: A Macbeth moment; title: A most disgraceful case; title: Swaps and a daring escape.