- Publisher: Tauris
- Year: 2017
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 220pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 230x162mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.5kg
- ISBN: 9781784537739
- Product code: 530176
Maverick Spy
Stalin's Super-Agent in World War II
Hamish MacGibbon New Hardback Illustrated
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During the latter half of the Second World War James MacGibbon was at the heart of the Intelligence Corps, from where he provided the Russians with top-secret military information. Once the war had ended he was subject to intense surveillance and interrogation but it was not until the end of his life that he made a confession to his son Hamish, who explains here why his parents had joined the Communist Party and uncovers the extent of their espionage.
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At the end of the war MI5 suspected him of espionage and interrogated him but he did not confess. Nevertheless they kept James, his wife Jean and their young family under close surveillance for a number of years, regularly intercepting their mail and recording their telephone conversations. Only after James's death did the true significance of what he might have revealed become clear: in his wartime office role, James had access to the plans for Operation Overlord, D-Day. In this book, James's son Hamish tells the story of his parents, their interaction with the communist party and their flirtation with wartime espionage. It is a unique portrait of two very ordinary people caught up in the extraordinary events of World War Two and the Cold War.
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During the latter half of the Second World War James MacGibbon was at the heart of the Intelligence Corps, from where he provided the Russians with top-secret military information. Once the war had ended he was subject to intense surveillance and interrogation but it was not until the end of his life that he made a confession to his son Hamish, who explains here why his parents had joined the Communist Party and uncovers the extent of their espionage.
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