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Atomic Spy : the dark lives of Klaus Fuchs Cover Image Book Book

Atomic Spy : the dark lives of Klaus Fuchs / Nancy Thorndike Greenspan.

Greenspan, Nancy Thorndike, (author.).

Summary:

"The gripping biography of a notorious Cold War villain--the German-born British scientist who handed the Soviets top-secret American plans for the plutonium bomb--showing a man torn between conventional loyalties and a sense of obligation to a greater good"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593083390
  • ISBN: 0593083393
  • Physical Description: 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: [New York, New York] : Viking, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-389) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: Revelations, London August 1949 -- Beginnings, Leipzig 1930 -- Loss, Kiel 1931 -- Revolt, Kiel 1932 -- Leader, Kiel 1933 -- Underground, Berlin 1933 -- Interlude, Paris 1933 -- Safety, Bristol 1933 -- War, Edinburgh 1937 -- Internment, England 1940 -- Internment, Canada 1940 -- Tube Alloys, Birmingham 1941 -- Manhattan Project, New York 1944 -- Trinity, Los Alamos 1945 -- Director, Harwell 1946 -- Suspects, London September 1949 -- Surveillance, Harwell September 1949 -- Disposal, London October 1949 -- Interrogation, London November 1949 -- Disposal again, London January 1950 -- Confession, Harwell January 1950 -- Arrest, London February 1950 -- Trial, London March 1950 -- FBI, London May 1950 -- Prison, Wormwood Scrubs, June 1950 -- East Germany, Berlin 1959 -- Expectations, Dresden 1960 -- Epilogue : Remembrances, Berlin March 1989.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: Fuchs, Klaus Emil Julius, 1911-1988.
Spies > Soviet Union > Biography.
Spies > Great Britain > Biography.
Spies > United States > Biography.
Espionage, Soviet > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Espionage, Soviet > United States > History > 20th century.
Physicists > Germany > Biography.
Nuclear weapons > History > 20th century.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Allentown Public Library 327.1247 GREE (Text) 34455006702753 Adult Nonfiction 2nd FL Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 327.124 (Text) 33062009318420 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Easton Main Library FUCHS (Text) 31901004436863 Adult Biography Available -

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