Book Review: The Crown Jewels: The British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB Archives. By Nigel West and Oleg Tsarev. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-300-07806-4. Photographs. Appendixes. Glossary. Source. notes. Index. Pp. xiv, 366. $35.00.

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Book Review: The Crown Jewels: The British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB Archives. By Nigel West and Oleg Tsarev. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-300-07806-4. Photographs. Appendixes. Glossary. Source. notes. Index. Pp. xiv, 366. $35.00.

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Book Review: The Crown Jewels: The British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB Archives. By Nigel West and Oleg Tsarev. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-300-07806-4. Photographs. Appendixes. Glossary. Source. notes. Index. Pp. xiv, 366. $35.00.

A. Webster

Journal of Military History, Vol.64(1), pp.259-260

2000

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The story of the "Cambridge Five" spy-ring is a well-known one: Guy Burgess, Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross managed over a course of years to betray in devastating fashion the very heart of the British secret intelligence services...

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Title: Book Review: The Crown Jewels: The British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB Archives. By Nigel West and Oleg Tsarev. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-300-07806-4. Photographs. Appendixes. Glossary. Source. notes. Index. Pp. xiv, 366. $35.00.
Authors/Creators: A. Webster (Author/Creator)
Publication Details: Journal of Military History, Vol.64(1), pp.259-260
Publisher: Society for Military History
Identifiers: 991005540576107891
Murdoch Affiliation: Murdoch University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Publisher URL: http://www.smh-hq.org/jmh.html

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