Stalin’s Englishman: Guy Burgess, the Cold War and the Cambridge Spy - Andrew Lownie

National WWI Museum and Memorial December 25, 2023
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Enduring long before and after its use during the Great War, espionage is as popular of an intelligence tactic as it is a thrilling theme. Join author Dr. Andrew Lownie for a lecture exploring the colorful career of English-born Soviet spy Guy Burgess. Ascending through academia, the BBC, the Foreign Office, MI5 and MI6, Burgess became a member of the Cambridge Spy Ring and leaked thousands of highly sensitive secret documents to Russia. Hosted in partnership with The International Relations Council of Kansas City and the English Speaking Union. For more information about the National WWI Museum and Memorial visit http://theworldwar.org