Philby’s formative years didn’t contain any events which might have overtly pushed him over the edge to become a traitor. One of the most prolific spies in the history of the practice, he was an MI6 agent who spent just over three decades spying on his own kind for his handlers in the Soviet Union. To those interested in the subject, the name is well-known to the point of being legendary, and there has never been a shortage of studies on his biography. Relatively little might be known about the spies of today, but over the years many of those from the past have emerged with their stories, and arguably few present as fascinating a case as Kim Philby, whose life is explored in Ben Macintyre‘s A Spy Among Friends. The Crucial Connections in A Spy Among Friendsīen Macintyre Offers Perspective on Kim PhilbyĮspionage between powerful countries doesn’t elicit the same interest from the public as it did during the years of the Cold War, slipping into the realm of shadows and clever technology as it ought to.Ben Macintyre Offers Perspective on Kim Philby.
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