The Greatest Plot in History
Ralph de Toledano
Tells the story of the Kremlin's many-pronged attack on the West's nuclear secrets.
"History is a jigsaw puzzle,"" remarks Mr. de Toledano. ""... The puzzle is
never completed. Yet each piece, as it is fitted into place, generates
its own fascination."" Millions of words have already been written about
Russia's atomic espionage but perhaps this is the first attempt to
combine all the salient facts into a composite picture. They seem to be
all here, those people who made blanket-sized headlines a decade or more
ago: Arthur Adams; J. Robert Oppenheimer; Allan Nunn May; Igor
Gouzenko; Harry Gold; Klaus Fuchs; ""Peking Joan"" Chase Hinton; Bruno
Pontecorvo; Burgess and MacLean; Greenglass and the Rosenbergs; spies,
dupes, traitors, patriots, what have you, all involved in darker, deeper
doings than even Ian Fleming could conjure up. But while the author
quite realistically points out all the weaknesses and conflicts in
American nuclear policy, he submits a picture of the Soviet Union which
denies any and all diversity of aim and motivation. Russia is
totalitarian, agreed; but surely no nation composed of human beings can
be quite so monolithic, so dedicated to one nefarious purpose, as we are
here asked to accept. Either life itself has come under the influence
of pulp fiction, or one must suggest that Mr. de Toledano has. He can,
however, make his case seem as chillingly real as many of the individual
characters involved.
"History is a jigsaw puzzle,"" remarks Mr. de Toledano. ""... The puzzle is
never completed. Yet each piece, as it is fitted into place, generates
its own fascination."" Millions of words have already been written about
Russia's atomic espionage but perhaps this is the first attempt to
combine all the salient facts into a composite picture. They seem to be
all here, those people who made blanket-sized headlines a decade or more
ago: Arthur Adams; J. Robert Oppenheimer; Allan Nunn May; Igor
Gouzenko; Harry Gold; Klaus Fuchs; ""Peking Joan"" Chase Hinton; Bruno
Pontecorvo; Burgess and MacLean; Greenglass and the Rosenbergs; spies,
dupes, traitors, patriots, what have you, all involved in darker, deeper
doings than even Ian Fleming could conjure up. But while the author
quite realistically points out all the weaknesses and conflicts in
American nuclear policy, he submits a picture of the Soviet Union which
denies any and all diversity of aim and motivation. Russia is
totalitarian, agreed; but surely no nation composed of human beings can
be quite so monolithic, so dedicated to one nefarious purpose, as we are
here asked to accept. Either life itself has come under the influence
of pulp fiction, or one must suggest that Mr. de Toledano has. He can,
however, make his case seem as chillingly real as many of the individual
characters involved.
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Année:
1977
Editeur::
New Rochelle, N.Y. : Arlington House
Langue:
english
Pages:
306
ISBN 10:
0870003712
ISBN 13:
9780870003714
Fichier:
PDF, 25.87 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1977
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