The Last Cambridge Spy (eBook)

John Cairncross, Bletchley Park Mole and Soviet Agent

Chris Smith (Autor)

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2019 | 2. Auflage
256 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9172-8 (ISBN)

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John Cairncross was among the most damaging spies of the twentieth century. A member of the infamous Cambridge Ring of Five, he leaked highly sensitive documents from Bletchley Park, MI6 and the Treasury to the Soviet Union - including the first atomic secrets and raw decrypts from Enigma and Tunny that influenced the outcome of the Battle of Kursk. In 2014, Cairncross appeared as a secondary, though key, character in the biopic of Alan Turing's life, The Imitation Game. While the other members of the Cambridge Ring of Five have been the subject of extensive biographical study, Cairncross has largely been overlooked by both academic and popular writers. Despite clear interest, he has remained a mystery - until now. The Last Cambridge Spy is the first ever biography of John Cairncross, using newly released material to tell the story of his life and espionage.

DR CHRIS SMITH is a Lecturer in History at Coventry University. He is the author of The Hidden History of Bletchley Park (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) as well as several related articles that have been published in journals such as History of Science.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.5.2019
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
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• Schlagworte: algorithm • Artificial Intelligence • Bletchley Park • Bletchley Park, GCHQ, wwii, world war ii, ww2, world war 2, world war two, second world war, codes, codebreakers, cypher, intelligence, sigint, signals, ultra, SIS, MI6, cryptography, cryptanalysts, STEM, mathematician, maths. computer science, algorithm, artificial intelligence, double agent • cambridge spy • codebreakers • Codes • cryptanalysts • cryptography • Cypher • double agent|soviet|cambridge spy • GCHQ • Intelligence • mathematician • maths. computer science • MI6 • Second World War • SIGINT • Signals • sis • soviet • stem • Ultra • World War 2 • World War II • World War Two • ww2 • WWII
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9172-0 / 0750991720
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9172-8 / 9780750991728