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An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin’s Master Agent

byOwen Matthews

An Impeccable Spy examines richard Sorge, Stalin’s Master Agent, combining Owen Matthews's clear narrative with the perspective of a biographical portrait. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the connected fields of biography & autobiography and political science. Throughout, the author balances an accessible narrative with the complexity needed to understand motives, constraints, and disputed interpretations. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant.

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Publication date

2021-10-06

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ISBN

9781408857786