Stalin's American Spy : Noel Field, Allen Dulles and the East European Show-Trials.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (425 pages)
Cover -- Contens -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 'THE STRONG SENSE OF "OTHERNESS"', 1904-1934 -- 1. 'An outsider from the beginning': Swiss Childhood, 1904-22 -- 2. New World: Harvard, Social Work and Pacifism, 1922-26 -- 3. 'Perfect bureaucrat': State Department Years, 1926-34 -- SERVING THE CAUSE, 1934-1941 -- 4. I Spy: The Massings and the Fields, 1934-36 -- 5. 'Working for the same boss': Hiss, Hede and Noel, 1935-36 -- 6. Murder and Defection: The Fields, Reiss and Krivitsky, 1936-37 -- 7. Promised Lands: Pilgrimage to Moscow -- Mission in Spain, 1937-39 -- 8. 'At the risk of death': Hermann Field, 1939-40 -- 9. Family Breakdown: Noel, Herta and Erica, 1939-41 -- 'CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT', 1941-1949 -- 10. Cadres and Camps: The USC and the KPD Foreign Secretariat -- 11. 'Saving our Cadres': Marseille and Geneva, 1941-44 -- 12. Dangerous Liaisons: Noel, Dulles and the OSS, 1942-45 -- 13. Teetering Edifice: USC Europe, 1945-47 -- 14. The Searchers: Noel and Herta, 1947-49 -- THE MARCH OF EVENTS -- 15. Past Becomes Present: Hede's Friends, Old and New -- 16. 'Decisive measures on our part': Stalin's Role -- 17. Heresy: Tito versus Stalin -- STAGING THE RAJK TRIAL, 1949 -- 18. Less Than Rhapsodic: Rákosi's Hungary -- 19. Fateful Contact: Noel and the 'Szőnyi Group' -- 20. The Spider and the Spy: Netting the Fields -- 21. 'Whatever you want me to say': Torture and Truth -- 22. 'The enemy's man': László Rajk -- 23. Jigsaw Justice: Aspects of the Rajk Trial -- TIME OF TRIALS, 1949-1953 -- 24. The Urge to Purge: Trial and Terror, 1948-53 -- 25. The Evaded Show Trial: Sacrificing the Polish 'Fieldists' -- 26. 'Former German political émigrés': Witch-hunt in the GDR -- 27. The Laggards of Prague: The Fields and the Slánský trial -- 28. 'Terrorist activities': Stalin's Last Killings -- THE GHOSTS RETURN. 29. Belated Tears for Stalin: Prison, Release and Asylum -- 30. Fade-out: Bystander, Apologist, Nobody -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Compelling Cold War mystery complete with espionage and double-crossing agents, this narrative sheds light on McCarthysim and Stalin's purges.