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A Covert Life: Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist, and Spymaster
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The extraordinary life of Jay Lovestone is one of the great untold stories of the twentieth century. A Lithuanian immigrant who came to the United States in 1897, Lovestone rose to leadership in the Communist Party of America, only to fall out with Moscow and join the anti-Communist establishment after the Second World War. He became one of the leading strategists of the C
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ebook, 416 pages
Published
October 5th 2011
by Random House
(first published March 16th 1999)
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Jay Lovestone, who is largely forgotten today, led an extraordinary life – much of it in the shadows. He was one of the founders of the Communist Party in the US, and rose to become its general secretary by the late 1920s. He survived the various faction fights in the Communist International until 1929, when he bet on the wrong horse. In supporting Bukharin against Stalin, Lovestone very nearly signed his own death warrant. He managed to escape from Soviet Russia and returned to the US, no longe
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Lovestone, finally out of the shadows
The book is well researched. The insights to Ray Murphy, Pagie Morris and James Angleton are priceless. Lovestone was a key to winning the Cold War.
The book is well researched. The insights to Ray Murphy, Pagie Morris and James Angleton are priceless. Lovestone was a key to winning the Cold War.
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