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One of USA Today's "Five Books Not to Miss"

Atomic Spy is the gripping biography of a notorious Cold War villain--the German-born British scientist who handed the Soviets top-secret American plans for the plutonium bomb--showing a man torn between conventional loyalties and a sense of obligation to a greater good.

German by birth, British by naturalization, Communist by conviction, Klaus Fuchs was a fearless Nazi resister, a brilliant scientist, and an infamous spy. He was convicted of espionage by Britain in 1950 for handing over the designs of the plutonium bomb to the Russians, and has gone down in history as one of the most dangerous agents in American and British history. He put an end to America's nuclear hegemony and single-handedly heated up the Cold War. But, was Klaus Fuchs really evil?

"Enthralling and riveting" ... "particularly thorough and revealing." 

—The New York Times Book Review

 

"Fresh and fascinating insights..."   - The Wall Street Journal

"A classic Cold War biography of intrigue and torn loyalties...mesmerizing..."

- Kai Bird, Pulitzer prize-winning co-author of American Prometheus

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