In the Enemy's House : : the Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker who Caught the Russian Spies

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Call Number: Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / General / Blum, Howard
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A note to the reader -- Prologue: "The storks fly away" -- Part I: The blue problem -- Part II: "In the enemy's house" -- Part III: Dominoes -- Epilogue: A toast.
"In 1946, genius linguist and codebreaker Meredith Gardner discovered that the KGB was running an extensive network of strategically placed spies inside the United States, whose goal was to infiltrate American intelligence and steal the nation's military and atomic secrets. Over the course of the next decade, he and young FBI supervisor Bob Lamphere worked together on Venona, a top-secret mission to uncover the Soviet agents and protect the Holy Grail of Cold War espionage--the atomic bomb... A breathtaking chapter of American history and a page-turning mystery that plays out against the tense, life-and-death gamesmanship of the Cold War, this twisting thriller begins at the end of World War II and leads all the way to the execution of the Rosenbergs--a result that haunted both Gardner and Lamphere to the end of their lives."--Publisher's description.

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Code breakers and spy catchers submitted by camelsamba on August 11, 2018, 11:17pm I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for books about the atomic espionage on the 40s and 50s. This book contained aspects new to me: the role and work of the linguist Meredith Gardner in breaking Soviet codes, the role of FBI agent Bob Lamphere is running down Rosenberg and many other agents, and the fact that Ethel Rosenberg wasn't really involved and shouldn't have been executed (I've not read much about the Rosenbergs to be honest). It was fascinating to learn of the guilt and unease felt by Gardner and Lamphere. If you have any interest in linguistics or code breaking, that part of the book should appeal to you but know it is more heavily slanted to the FBI aspects.