A story of heroism and collusion, censorship and suppression, myth-making and propaganda. Now brought up to date with new material on the war in Afghanistan. Australian author.
Phillip Knightley Knihy
Phillip Knightley se proslavil jako investigativní novinář s hlubokým zájmem o válečné zpravodajství, propagandu a špionáž. Během své dvacetileté kariéry v deníku The Sunday Times se etabloval jako klíčový člen týmu Insight a zasloužil si dvakrát ocenění Novinář roku. Jeho rozsáhlé znalosti mezinárodního zpravodajského světa, získané díky osobním setkáním s představiteli zpravodajských služeb z celého světa, mu umožnily odhalovat složité operace a motivace. Knightley se nezaměřuje jen na odhalování pravdy, ale i na její formování a šíření skrze své novinářské a publikační aktivity.
The spy is as old as history but spy services are quite new. Britain founded the first, Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, in dubious circumstances in 1909. Others followed until no country considered itself a nation unless it had a corps of spies. The biggest and most expensive is America's Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA, formed as recently as 1947. The CIA's principle enemy was the Soviet Union's KGB, and the clash of these two giants has been the thrilling stuff of history, novels, films and plays. In assessing the real role of the spy, Phillip Knightley brilliantly takes all the real characters of the spies themselves - Mata Hari, Sidney Reilly, Richard Sorge, Kim Philby, George Blake, James Jesus Angleton, Ruth Kuczinsky, the Rosenbergs - and answers the crucial question. Did they make any difference to the course of history? Or was spying the biggest confidence trick of our time?
A novelist wouldn't dare invent the story contained herein. That a son of the British establishment could, during a 30 year secret service career, be a Communist agent is too far-fetched for fiction. Here's the story of how Philby did it, of what he did & its consequences; of how he betrayed his country, service, friends & the class which nurtured, shaped & protected him.Authors' PrefaceIntroduction1. BeginningsThe man in Dzerzinsky SquareBoyhood of three spiesThe slave of GodThe Cambridge MarxistsCommitment in ViennaJoining the establishment2. PenetrationThe Spanish decorationThe phony warThe secret worldThe rise of Kim Philby3. ExploitationThe new enemyThe Volkov incidentThe priceless secretsThe Albanian subversion4. DownfallCrack-upGetawayThe secret trialA field agent?Philby's comebackEndgame in BeirutThrough the curtain
Leben und Ansichten des ehemaligen Cambridge-Studenten und späteren Moskauer Meisterspions (gest. 1988); eine Darstellung, die auf ausführlichen Gesprächen des Journalisten Knightley mit dem Maulwurf basiert.
