A very principled boy : the life of Duncan Lee, Red spy and cold warrior / Mark A. Bradley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradley, Mark A. (Mark Andrew), 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lee, Duncan Chaplin, 1913-1988.

Lee, Duncan Chaplin.

United States. Office of Strategic Services.

Moles (Spies)--United States--Biography.

Moles (Spies).

Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.

Intelligence officers.

United States.

United States. Office of Strategic Services--Biography.

Communists--United States--Biography.

Communists.

Espionage, Soviet--United States--History.

Espionage, Soviet.

History.

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service.

World War, 1939-1945.

Secret service.

Cold War--Biography.

Cold War.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group [2014]

Summary:

"Duncan Chaplin Lee was one of the highest-ranking moles in the wartime U.S. intelligence apparatus. Lee was chief aide to William "Wild Bill" Donovan, the fabled head of the Office of Strategic Services and grandfather of the CIA. During World War II, Lee's political sympathies and desire to advance the fight against fascism led him to leak highly classified information to the Soviets. J. Edgar Hoover would tirelessly trace Lee's movements in an attempt to prove his guilt. A Very Principled Boy shows just how deeply Soviet spies were entrenched in the American intelligence community at the height of the Cold War"-- Provided by publisher.

"Duncan Chaplain Lee was an unlikely traitor. A Rhodes Scholar, patriot, and descendent of one of America's most distinguished families, he was also a communist sympathizer who used his position as aid to intelligence chief "Wild Bill" Donovan to leak critical information to the Soviets during World War II. As intelligence expert Mark A. Bradley reveals, Lee was one of Stalin's most valuable moles in U.S. intelligence, passing the KGB vital information on everything from the D-Day invasion to America's plans for postwar Europe. Outwitting both J. Edgar Hoover and Senator Joseph McCarthy, he escaped detection again and again, dying a free man before authorities could prove his guilt. A fast-paced cat-and-mouse tale of misguided idealism and high treason, A Very Principled Boy draws on thousands of previously unreleased CIA and State Department records to reveal the riveting story of one of the greatest traitors of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: Helen

Born to Serve

A Nursery of Somewhat Revolutionary Ideas

The Party

My League of Gentlemen

A Crisis of Conscience

Gregory

On the Outside Looking In

The Terrible Summer of 1948

The World's Most Shot-at Airline

A Loyal American

Ishmael

The Irony of My Life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780465030095

0465030092

OCLC:

853310545