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268 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780786711338
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 17 January 1950
Description
Joseph McCarthy was not yet a household name in 1950 when Owen Lattimore was labeled by the senator from Wisconsin as the “top Russian espionage agent in the country.” Lattimore, in Kabul, Afghanistan, learned about the accusation a week later. Ha...
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268 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780786711338
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 17 January 1950
Description
Joseph McCarthy was not yet a household name in 1950 when Owen Lattimore was labeled by the senator from Wisconsin as the “top Russian espionage agent in the country.” Lattimore, in Kabul, Afghanistan, learned about the accusation a week later. Ha...