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The Shanghai agents : the Soviet plot to start a revolution in interwar China / Heather Salter
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salter, Heather E., 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rudnik, Yakob, 1894-1964.
- Rudnik, Yakob.
- Moiseenko, Tatyana, 1891-1964.
- Moiseenko, Tatyana.
- Communist International. International Liaison Department.
- Communist International.
- Communist International. Far Eastern Bureau.
- Intelligence service--Soviet Union.
- Intelligence service.
- Espionage, Soviet--China--Shanghai.
- Espionage, Soviet.
- 6Rudnik, Yakob, 1894-1964.
- Soviet Union.
- China--Shanghai.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026
- Summary:
- "Heather Salter uncovers a remarkable secret history of espionage and counterespionage, repression and resistance, corruption and courage, heartbreak and betrayal in Shanghai between the world wars. At the heart of this story lies the fate of Tatyana Moiseenko and Yakob Rudnik– known then only as Paul and Gertrud Ruegg– a couple arrested, tried, and imprisoned for running a clandestine communist spy ring. Against the backdrop of the battle between communism and anti-communism that would shape much of the twentieth century, this dramatic history provides a uniquely human perspective on the global volatility of the 1930s. Through Tatyana and Yakob’s eyes, Salter traces global police networks, MI6 in China, and the worldwide reach of the Comintern to shed light on the deep historical roots of antagonism between Russia, China, and the West"-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- Introduction: Summer 1990
- Gu Shunzhang
- Joseph Ducroux
- Nguyen Ai Quoc
- “Hilanoul”
- Madame Motte
- The many faces of Hilaire and Marie
- Jurisdiction
- Mr. and Mrs. Beuret
- The Prisoner Release Committee
- Introducing Paul and Gertrud Ruegg
- Daughter of the revolution
- The self-made Bolshevik
- The Far Eastern Bureau
- From bad to better, and back again
- The global left steps in
- The Shanghai Defense Committee and the defense of Shanghai
- The Defense Committee vs. the Guomindang
- The Russian method
- Convicted
- What to do with the boy?
- Hard times and disappointment
- Freedom
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed August 26, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Salter, Heather E., 1968- Shanghai agents
- ISBN:
- 9781009719063
- 1009719068
- 9781009719025
- 1009719025
- OCLC:
- 1596674419
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000392251
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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