FALLOUT: Exposing an Atomic Spy

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A study of the Gouzenko Affair, revealing early Cold War espionage, nuclear secrets, and political consequences; seeking to also correct myths surrounding the story. Details how a young cipher clerk working for the GRU defected to the West, bringing with him a raft of documents and exposing a large spy network on both sides of the Atlantic. Revealed that a British nuclear physicist, Alan Nunn May, who had worked on the Tube Alloys/Manhattan Project, was part of that spy network and had passed on secrets about the atomic bomb to the Russians. This led to the McMahon Act, whereby Britain and Canada were excluded from further collaboration in developing atomic research. Contains 30 mono illustrations.