A SPY AMONG FRIENDS: KIM PHILBY & THE GREAT BETRAYAL by BEN MACINTYRE -1st Am Ed

Description: THE GREAT BETRAYAL - THE SPY WHO SHOCKED THE WESTERN ALLIES BEN MACINTYRE, AN ACCLAIMED BRITISH AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST, has established an international reputation with his best-selling books and TV documentaries about spying operations, notably during World War II and during the Cold War. With this book he looks at the spy drama that shocked Britain and its allies - the betrayal by the traitor Kim Philby. Some commentators maintain that Philby was the most accomplished spy of all time. Brilliant and likable, he was head of the UK's counter-intelligence operations during the Cold War - while secretly working for Moscow. He betrayed his friends and colleagues and his country. THIS IS AN AMERICAN FIRST EDITION that has been pre-owned and it is in sound and crisp condition with clean and unmarked pages, a firm hardcover binding and an intact dust-jacket that we have spruced up with a Brodart plastic cover and touched up in spots. It's an attractive copy.. It is illustrated with numerous photographs and, in addition to a general index, the volume provides notes on sources, a select bibliography - and a fascinating afterword about Philby written by the master spy novelist John le Carré. Publisher: Crown ISBN: 978-0-8041-3663-1 NonFiction: Cold War Espionage + All books sold by Mackie Books are packaged in bubble-wrap. This book will be shipped in a sturdy box. + Click here to look at other listings by Mackie Books on eBay, including numerous leather-bound books from The Easton Press and The Franklin Library, boxed editions from The Heritage Press and books from other publishers of high quality editions. Something for all interests. + We ship internationally through eBay's Global Shipping Program. + The illustrations on Mackie Books listings are all from the books on sale and are not stock illustrations. + We manufacture most of our boxes to ensure safe delivery. + Relax with a book. Do the unimportant stuff tomorrow - or sometime. Guard your health.

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Location: Sausalito, California

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