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The Anatomy of a Traitor: the history of espionage and betrayal Michael Smith Aurum Press, 2017, 320pp., ?20-00. ISBN 978-1-78131-657-3
Although the subtitle of this book hints at a rather wider perspective, in essence this work is focused on very recent history, to the degree that this reviewer recognised most of the examples provided.
What Michael Smith has achieved rather well is to draw together what many of us knew in part. He explores the circumstances wherein people become spies or become drawn into the wider reaches of espionage, and it becomes clear that there is no...