Hollywood Double Agent

Name: Hollywood Double Agent
Brand: Abrams Press
SKU: 9781419740091
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The Cold War and the Golden Age of Hollywood meet in this story of the remarkable career of Boris Morros, ﬁlm producer and Russian double agent Boris Morros was a major figure in the 1930s and ''40s. The head of music at Paramount, nominated for Academy Awards, he then went on to produce his own films with Laurel and Hardy, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, and others. But as J. Edgar Hoover would discover, these successes were a cover for one of the most incredible espionage tales in the history of the Cold War--Boris Morros also worked for Russian intelligence. Morros''s assignments took him to the White House, the Vatican, and deep behind the iron curtain. The high-level intel he provided the KGB included military secrets and compromising information on prominent Americans: his friends. But in 1947, Morros flipped. At the height of the McCarthy era, he played a leading role in a deadly tale. Jonathan Gill''s Hollywood Double Agent is an extraordinary story about Russian spies at the heart of American culture and

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The Cold War and the Golden Age of Hollywood meet in this story of the remarkable career of Boris Morros, ﬁlm producer and Russian double agent Boris Morros was a major figure in the 1930s and '40s. The head of music at Paramount, nominated for Academy Awards, he then went on to produce his own films with Laurel and Hardy, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, and others. But as J. Edgar Hoover would discover, these successes were a cover for one of the most incredible espionage tales in the history of the Cold War--Boris Morros also worked for Russian intelligence. Morros's assignments took him to the White House, the Vatican, and deep behind the iron curtain. The high-level intel he provided the KGB included military secrets and compromising information on prominent Americans: his friends. But in 1947, Morros flipped. At the height of the McCarthy era, he played a leading role in a deadly tale. Jonathan Gill's Hollywood Double Agent is an extraordinary story about Russian spies at the heart of American culture and politics, and one man caught in the middle of the Cold War.

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Anul publicarii	2020
ISBN	9781419740091
Format coperta	Cartonata
Numar pagini	336
Limba	Engleză
Domeniul	Istorie, arheologie și civilizații
Autor	Jonathan Gill
De aceeasi editura	Abrams Press
Goodreads	https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=9781419740091
Dimensiuni	Height: 9.35 Inches, Length: 7.05 Inches, Weight: 1.322773572 Pounds, Width: 1.35 Inches