My Silent War: The Autobiography of a Spy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375759833)

In the annals of espionage, one name towers above all others: that of H.A.R. "Kim" Philby, the ringleader of the legendary Cambridge spies. A member of the British establishment, Philby joined the Secret Intelligence Service in 1940, rose to the head of Soviet counterintelligence, and, as MI6's liaison with the CIA and the FBI, betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians, fatally compromising covert actions to roll back the Iron Curtain in the early years of the Cold War.

Written from Moscow in 1967, My Silent War shook the world and introduced a new archetype in fiction: the unrepentant spy. It inspired John le Carr 's Smiley novels and the later espionage novels of Graham Greene. Kim Philby was history's most successful spy. He was also an exceptional writer who gave us the great iconic story of the Cold War and revolutionized, in the process, the art of espionage writing.

Author: Kim Philby
ISBN-10: 0375759832
ISBN-13: 9780375759833
Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch)
Language: English
Published: 09/24/2002
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.26w x 0.53d

Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 09/23/2002 pg. 65
Publishers Weekly 09/23/2002