Sleeper agent : the atomic spy in America who got away /
by Hagedorn, Ann.
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BookPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021Description: x, 259 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781501173943 (hbk.) :; 1501173944 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 920 KOVSubject(s): Koval, Zhorzh Abramovich, 1913-2006 | Manhattan Project (US) | United States. Army. Special Engineer Detachment, 9812th -- Biography | Spies -- Soviet Union -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Soviet Union | Espionage, Soviet -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Nuclear weapons -- History -- 20th century | Chemists -- Soviet Union -- Biography | Russian Americans -- Biography | Biography | Biography | Biography & non-fiction prose | History | History of the Americas | Second World WarSummary: George Koval was born in Iowa. In 1932, his parents, Russian Jews who had emigrated because of anti-Semitism, decided to return home to live out their socialist ideals. George returned with them. He was recruited by the Soviet Army as a spy and returned to the US in 1940. A gifted science student, he enrolled at Columbia University, where he knew scientists soon to join the Manhattan Project, America's atom bomb program. After being drafted into the US Army, George used his scientific background and connections to secure an assignment at a site where plutonium and uranium were produced to fuel the atom bomb. There, and later in a second top-secret location, he had full access to all facilities and passed highly sensitive information to Moscow. There were many spies in the US during World War II but Koval was the only Soviet military spy with security clearances in the atomic-bomb project.
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George Koval was born in Iowa. In 1932, his parents, Russian Jews who had emigrated because of anti-Semitism, decided to return home to live out their socialist ideals. George returned with them. He was recruited by the Soviet Army as a spy and returned to the US in 1940. A gifted science student, he enrolled at Columbia University, where he knew scientists soon to join the Manhattan Project, America's atom bomb program. After being drafted into the US Army, George used his scientific background and connections to secure an assignment at a site where plutonium and uranium were produced to fuel the atom bomb. There, and later in a second top-secret location, he had full access to all facilities and passed highly sensitive information to Moscow. There were many spies in the US during World War II but Koval was the only Soviet military spy with security clearances in the atomic-bomb project.
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