Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs by Greenspan, Nancy Thorndike, Good Bo
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0593083393
ISBN-13
9780593083390
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038415900
Product Key Features
Book Title
Atomic Spy : the Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Topic
Military / Nuclear Warfare, Espionage, Intelligence & Espionage, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Science & Technology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-053138
Reviews
Praise for Atomic Spy "A detailed and authoritative yet equally interesting and readable study . . . From student to scientist to spy, Fuchs is portrayed as a careful and quiet yet passionate man who nevertheless persisted." -- Library Journal "Nancy Greenspan dives into the mysteries of the Klaus Fuchs espionage case and emerges with a classic Cold War biography of intrigue and torn loyalties. Atomic Spy is a mesmerizing morality tale, told with fresh sources and empathy." --Kai Bird, author of The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames and coauthor of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer "Greenspan sheds new light on the character, family, and motives of the notorious spy who gave the Soviet Union a blueprint for the atomic bomb. Klaus Fuchs's espionage and its consequences raise timely questions about blind devotion to an ideology." --Cynthia C. Kelly, President, Atomic Heritage Foundation "A riveting read. Greenspan skillfully and with nuance describes how one of the Manhattan Project's prominent physicists, led to Communism by early struggles against Nazism, eventually became a important spy for the Russians. A tale of intrigue, competing moralities and human fallibility." --Gino Segrè, author of The Pope of Physics and Ordinary Geniuses "The Soviets had more than a half-dozen spies inside the Manhattan Project, but none was more important than Fuchs, a senior physicist in the theoretical division of the plutonium bomb project. Greenspan takes us through the evidence with assurance. Most impressive is her detailed exposition of the strengths and weaknesses of MI5's investigations of Fuchs in the 1930s and 1940s as well as Fuchs' evolution from German Social Democrat to devoted Communist under the impact of Hitler's rise to power." --John Earl Haynes, coauthor of Spies: the Rise and Fall of the KGB in America, Praise for Atomic Spy A USA Today "Book Not to Miss" "Enthralling and riveting . . . [Greenspan] has brought together new material that rounds out Fuchs's life" --The New York Times Book Review "Greenspan gives us fresh and fascinating insights into Fuchs's formative years." --The Wall Street Journal "A detailed and authoritative yet equally interesting and readable study . . . From student to scientist to spy, Fuchs is portrayed as a careful and quiet yet passionate man who nevertheless persisted." -- Library Journal "This richly detailed work . . . blurs the lines between courage and treachery in thought-provoking ways." --Publishers Weekly "Nancy Greenspan dives into the mysteries of the Klaus Fuchs espionage case and emerges with a classic Cold War biography of intrigue and torn loyalties. Atomic Spy is a mesmerizing morality tale, told with fresh sources and empathy." --Kai Bird, author of The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames and coauthor of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer "Greenspan sheds new light on the character, family, and motives of the notorious spy who gave the Soviet Union a blueprint for the atomic bomb. Klaus Fuchs's espionage and its consequences raise timely questions about blind devotion to an ideology." --Cynthia C. Kelly, President, Atomic Heritage Foundation "A riveting read. Greenspan skillfully and with nuance describes how one of the Manhattan Project's prominent physicists, led to Communism by early struggles against Nazism, eventually became a important spy for the Russians. A tale of intrigue, competing moralities and human fallibility." --Gino Segrè, author of The Pope of Physics and Ordinary Geniuses "The Soviets had more than a half-dozen spies inside the Manhattan Project, but none was more important than Fuchs, a senior physicist in the theoretical division of the plutonium bomb project. Greenspan takes us through the evidence with assurance. Most impressive is her detailed exposition of the strengths and weaknesses of MI5's investigations of Fuchs in the 1930s and 1940s as well as Fuchs' evolution from German Social Democrat to devoted Communist under the impact of Hitler's rise to power." --John Earl Haynes, coauthor of Spies: the Rise and Fall of the KGB in America, Praise for Atomic Spy "Nancy Greenspan dives into the mysteries of the Klaus Fuchs espionage case and emerges with a classic Cold War biography of intrigue and torn loyalties. Atomic Spy is a mesmerizing morality tale, told with fresh sources and empathy." --Kai Bird, author of The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames and coauthor of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer "Greenspan sheds new light on the character, family, and motives of the notorious spy who gave the Soviet Union a blueprint for the atomic bomb. Klaus Fuchs's espionage and its consequences raise timely questions about blind devotion to an ideology." --Cynthia C. Kelly, President, Atomic Heritage Foundation "A riveting read. Greenspan skillfully and with nuance describes how one of the Manhattan Project's prominent physicists, led to Communism by early struggles against Nazism, eventually became a important spy for the Russians. A tale of intrigue, competing moralities and human fallibility." --Gino Segré, author of The Pope of Physics and Ordinary Geniuses "The Soviets had more than a half-dozen spies inside the Manhattan Project, but none was more important than Fuchs, a senior physicist in the theoretical division of the plutonium bomb project. Greenspan takes us through the evidence with assurance. Most impressive is her detailed exposition of the strengths and weaknesses of MI5's investigations of Fuchs in the 1930s and 1940s as well as Fuchs' evolution from German Social Democrat to devoted Communist under the impact of Hitler's rise to power." --John Earl Haynes, coauthor of Spies: the Rise and Fall of the KGB in America, Praise for Atomic Spy One of USA Today' s "Books Not to Miss" "Enthralling and riveting . . . [Greenspan] has brought together new material that rounds out Fuchs's life" --The New York Times Book Review "Greenspan gives us fresh and fascinating insights into Fuchs's formative years." --The Wall Street Journal "Spies make for enticing biographies. Well told, their stories combine the drama of a police procedural (how did they do it?) with the ambiguities of a psychological thriller (why did they do it?). Nancy Thorndike Greenspan seeks to answer both those questions in the very well told Atomic Spy . ... a deeply nuanced and sympathetic portrait of a scientist-spy with the best of intentions -- an original addition to the shelf of Fuchs biographies." --Nature "Nancy Thorndike Greenspan's biography offers a new look at Fuchs's story, all the more fascinating for its deviations from typical spy-movie script." --The New Criterion "A detailed and authoritative yet equally interesting and readable study . . . From student to scientist to spy, Fuchs is portrayed as a careful and quiet yet passionate man who nevertheless persisted." -- Library Journal "This richly detailed work . . . blurs the lines between courage and treachery in thought-provoking ways." --Publishers Weekly "Nancy Greenspan dives into the mysteries of the Klaus Fuchs espionage case and emerges with a classic Cold War biography of intrigue and torn loyalties. Atomic Spy is a mesmerizing morality tale, told with fresh sources and empathy." --Kai Bird, author of The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames and coauthor of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer "Greenspan sheds new light on the character, family, and motives of the notorious spy who gave the Soviet Union a blueprint for the atomic bomb. Klaus Fuchs's espionage and its consequences raise timely questions about blind devotion to an ideology." --Cynthia C. Kelly, President, Atomic Heritage Foundation "A riveting read. Greenspan skillfully and with nuance describes how one of the Manhattan Project's prominent physicists, led to Communism by early struggles against Nazism, eventually became a important spy for the Russians. A tale of intrigue, competing moralities and human fallibility." --Gino Segrè, author of The Pope of Physics and Ordinary Geniuses "The Soviets had more than a half-dozen spies inside the Manhattan Project, but none was more important than Fuchs, a senior physicist in the theoretical division of the plutonium bomb project. Greenspan takes us through the evidence with assurance. Most impressive is her detailed exposition of the strengths and weaknesses of MI5's investigations of Fuchs in the 1930s and 1940s as well as Fuchs' evolution from German Social Democrat to devoted Communist under the impact of Hitler's rise to power." --John Earl Haynes, coauthor of Spies: the Rise and Fall of the KGB in America
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
327.1247041092
Synopsis
Nancy Greenspan dives into the mysteries of the Klaus Fuchs espionage case and emerges with a classic Cold War biography of intrigue and torn loyalties. Atomic Spy is a mesmerizing morality tale, told with fresh sources and empathy. --Kai Bird, author of The Good Spy and coauthor of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Enthralling and riveting. --The New York Times Book Review 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. German by birth, British by naturalization, Communist by conviction, Klaus Fuchs was a fearless Nazi resister, a brilliant scientist, and an infamous spy. He was convicted of espionage by Britain in 1950 for handing over the designs of the plutonium bomb to the Russians, and has gone down in history as one of the most dangerous agents in American and British history. He put an end to America's nuclear hegemony and single-handedly heated up the Cold War. But, was Klaus Fuchs really evil? Using archives long hidden in Germany as well as intimate family correspondence, Nancy Thorndike Greenspan brings into sharp focus the moral and political ambiguity of the times in which Fuchs lived and the ideals with which he struggled. As a university student in Germany, he stood up to Nazi terror without flinching, and joined the Communists largely because they were the only ones resisting the Nazis. After escaping to Britain in 1933, he was arrested as a German migr --an enemy alien--in 1940 and sent to an internment camp in Canada. His mentor at university, renowned physicist Max Born, worked to facilitate his release. After years of struggle and ideological conflict, when Fuchs joined the atomic bomb project, his loyalties were firmly split. He started handing over top secret research to the Soviets in 1941, and continued for years from deep within the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. Greenspan's insights into his motivations make us realize how he was driven not just by his Communist convictions but seemingly by a dedication to peace, seeking to level the playing field of the world powers. With thrilling detail from never-before-seen sources, Atomic Spy travels across the Germany of an ascendant Nazi party; the British university classroom of Max Born; a British internment camp in Canada; the secret laboratories of Los Alamos; and Eastern Germany at the height of the Cold War. Atomic Spy shows the real Klaus Fuchs--who he was, what he did, why he did it, and how he was caught. His extraordinary life is a cautionary tale about the ambiguity of morality and loyalty, as pertinent today as in the 1940s., The gripping biography of the notorious Cold War villain who handed the Soviets top-secret American plans for the plutonium bomb., Atomic Spy shows the real Klaus Fuchs - German by birth, British by naturalisation, Communist by belief, convicted of treason in 1950 for handing over plutonium bomb designs to the Soviets. His extraordinary life is a cautionary tale about morality and a classic anti-hero story. With thrilling detail from never-before-seen archives it places readers in the Germany of an ascendant Nazi party; the British university classroom of Max Born; a British internment camp in Canada; the secret laboratories of Los Alamos; and Eastern Germany at the height of the Cold War., 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. German by birth, British by naturalization, Communist by conviction, Klaus Fuchs was a fearless Nazi resister, a brilliant scientist, and a highly effective spy. He was convicted of espionage by Britain in 1950 for handing over the designs of the plutonium bomb to the Russians, and has gone down in history as one of the most dangerous espionage agents in American and British history. He put an end to America's nuclear hegemony and single-handedly heated up the Cold War. But, was Klaus Fuchs really evil? Using archives long hidden in Germany as well as intimate correspondence, Nancy Thorndike Greenspan brings into sharp focus the moral and political ambiguity of the times in which Fuchs lived and the ideals with which he struggled. As a university student in Germany, he stood up to Nazi terror without flinching, and joined the Communists largely because they were the only ones resisting the Nazis. After escaping to Britain, he was arrested as a German migr --an "enemy alien"--and sent to an internment camp in Canada. His mentor at university, Max Born, worked to facilitate his release. After years of struggle and ideological conflict, when he joined the atomic bomb project, first in Manhattan and later at Los Alamos, his loyalties were firmly split. In 1941, in London while working on the British atomic bomb project, he started handing over research, partly because of his Communist convictions but seemingly also to level the playing field of the world powers. With thrilling detail from never-before-seen archives, Atomic Spy places readers in the Germany of an ascendant Nazi party; the British university classroom of Max Born; a British internment camp in Canada; the secret laboratories of Los Alamos; and Eastern Germany at the height of the Cold War. Atomic Spy shows the real Klaus Fuchs--who he was, what he did, why he did it, and how he was caught. His extraordinary life is a cautionary tale about morality and the prisms through which we perceive it--and a classic anti-hero story.
LC Classification Number
UB271.R9F8355 2020
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