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Red Conspirator: J. Peters and the American Communist Underground
Thomas Sakmyster
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Description for Red Conspirator: J. Peters and the American Communist Underground
Hardback. The definitive study of the "Hungarian man of mystery", shadowy spymaster J. Peters Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JPA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
In this bold contribution to our understanding of the Communist underground in the United States, Thomas Sakmyster offers the first biography of controversial spymaster J. Peters, a shadowy figure in the American Communist party in the 1920s through the 1940s. Using Peters's unpublished memoir as well as multilingual sources from the United States, the United Kingdom, Hungary, and the Soviet Union, Sakmyster traces Peters's activities from his arrival in the United States to the dawn of the Cold War and his deportation back to Hungary. Known as the "Hungarian man of mystery," Peters emigrated to the United States in 1924 after ... Read more
In this bold contribution to our understanding of the Communist underground in the United States, Thomas Sakmyster offers the first biography of controversial spymaster J. Peters, a shadowy figure in the American Communist party in the 1920s through the 1940s. Using Peters's unpublished memoir as well as multilingual sources from the United States, the United Kingdom, Hungary, and the Soviet Union, Sakmyster traces Peters's activities from his arrival in the United States to the dawn of the Cold War and his deportation back to Hungary. Known as the "Hungarian man of mystery," Peters emigrated to the United States in 1924 after ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252035982
SKU
V9780252035982
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99-1
About Thomas Sakmyster
Thomas Sakmyster is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Cincinnati. He is the author of Hungary, the Great Powers, and the Danubian Crisis, 1936–1939 and Hungary's Admiral on Horseback: Miklós Horthy, 1918–1944.
Reviews for Red Conspirator: J. Peters and the American Communist Underground
"Sakmyster has skillfully constructed the first (and only) full-scale biography of the hitherto mysterious high-level American Communist Party functionary most well known by one of his many pseudonyms, 'J. Peters.' Highly Recommended."
Choice "This exhaustively researched book offers an important appraisal of a communist official and spy who has long been shrouded in obscurity. It is indeed a significant addition to ... Read more
Choice "This exhaustively researched book offers an important appraisal of a communist official and spy who has long been shrouded in obscurity. It is indeed a significant addition to ... Read more