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Target Tokyo: The Story of the Sorge Spy Ring [Buy it!] | Prange, Gordon William, and with Goldstein, Donald M, and with Dillon, Katherine V | USD 6.00 (Thu May 23 23:30:39 2024) | Abebooks | Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc. | ISBN10: 0070506779, ISBN13: 9780070506770, [publisher: McGraw-Hill Company.] Hardcover 595 p. B&W photo section. Audience: General/trade. Chapter notes; Chronology; Bibliography; Articles by Richard Sorge for the 'Frankfurter Zeitung'--1940, 1941; and for the 'Zeitschrift fur Geopolitik' (1935-1939); Index. Espionage on a grand scale. Russian-born Richard Sorge, posing as a 'good' Nazi and a journalist, with a base in the German Embassy in Tokyo, built a complex network and funneled info to Russia, 1933-1941. A month ahead, he warned Stalin of Germany's plan to invade Russia. Stalin did not believe him. Historian Prange, deceased at the time of this publication, had personally interviewed many of the principles. Very good in good dust jacket. Book near fine; jacket has short tears, small chips to edges. Lower page block has minor soiling. Book near fine. 1 0.0 [Newport, NH, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1984] |