Red Spy Queen
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Red Spy Queen

A Biography of Elizabeth Bentley

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Red Spy Queen

A Biography of Elizabeth Bentley

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When Elizabeth Bentley slunk into an FBI field office in 1945, she was thinking only of saving herself from NKGB assassins who were hot on her trail. She had no idea that she was about to start the greatest Red Scare in U.S. history. Bentley (1908-1963) was a Connecticut Yankee and Vassar graduate who spied for the Soviet Union for seven years. She met with dozens of highly placed American agents who worked for the Soviets, gathering their secrets and stuffing sensitive documents into her knitting bag. But her Soviet spymasters suspected her of disloyalty--and even began plotting to silence her forever. To save her own life, Bentley decided to betray her friends and comrades to the FBI. Her defection effectively shut down Soviet espionage in the United States for years. Despite her crucial role in the cultural and political history of the early Cold War, Bentley has long been overlooked or underestimated by historians. Now, new documents from Russian and American archives make it possible to assess the veracity of her allegations. This long overdue biography rescues Elizabeth Bentley from obscurity and tells her dramatic life story.

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Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Year
2003
ISBN
9780807862179
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Political Biographies
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Red Spy Queen
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. [1] The Sad and Lonely Girl
  9. [2] Vitally Important Work
  10. [3] Clever Girl
  11. [4] A Serious and Dangerous Burden
  12. [5] Get Rid of Her
  13. [6] The Blonde Spy Queen
  14. [7] False Witness
  15. [8] Somewhat Hysterical
  16. Epilogue
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index