LEADER 03013cam a2200481 i 4500001 251385 005 20240621200436.0 008 140805s2014 enk b 001 0bengrd 010 2014378747 020 9781849043441 020 1849043442 035 (OCoLC)ocn880404233 035 251385 042 lccopycat 049 LHMA 040 CDX |beng |erda |cCDX |dDLC |dBDX |dQGK |dYDXCP |dOUN |dJHE |dOCLCF |dUKMGB |dIUL |dOBE |dNLGGC |dOCLCO |dOCL |dOCLCO |dLHM 050 00 E743.5.F47 |bS53 2014 100 1 Sharp, Tony, |d1942- |eauthor. 245 10 Stalin's American spy : |bNoel Field, Allen Dulles and the East European show trials / |cTony Sharp. 246 30 Noel Field, Allen Dulles and the East European show trials 264 1 London : |bHurst & Company, |c2014. 300 xiii, 410 pages ; |c23 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 500 "Stalin's American Spy tells the remarkable story of Noel Field, a Soviet agent in the US State Department in the mid-1930s. Lured to Prague in May 1949, he was kidnapped and handed over to the Hungarian secret police. Tortured by them and interrogated too by their Soviet superiors, Field's forced 'confessions' were manipulated by Stalin and his East European satraps to launch a devastating series of show trials that led to the imprisonment and judicial murder of numerous Czechoslovak, German, Polish and Hungarian party members. Yet there were other events in his very strange career that could give rise to the suspicion that Field was an American spy who had infiltrated the Communist movement at the behest of Allen Dulles, the wartime OSS chief in Switzerland who later headed the CIA."--Dust jacket. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-402) and index. 505 0 'The strong sense of "otherness"', 1904-1934 -- Serving the cause, 1934-1941 -- 'Crowning achievement', 1941-1949 -- The march of events -- Staging the Rajk trial, 1949 -- Time of trials, 1949-1953 -- The ghosts return. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Field, Noel Haviland, |d1904-1970. 600 10 Dulles, Allen, |d1893-1969. 650 0 Spies |zUnited States |vBiography. 650 0 Espionage |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Communism |xHistory |y20th century. 600 14 Field, Noel Haviland, |d1904-1970. 600 17 Dulles, Allen, |d1893-1969. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01756831 600 17 Field, Noel Haviland, |d1904-1970. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00356274 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 856 42 |3Publisher description |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1506/2014378747-d.html 856 42 |3Table of contents only |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1506/2014378747-t.html 856 42 |3Contributor biographical information |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1506/2014378747-b.html 852 0 |bstacks |hE743.5.F47 |iS53 2014