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Greenspan's insights into his motivations make us realize how he was driven not just by his Communist convictions but seemingly by a dedication to peace, seeking to level the playing field of the world powers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With thrilling detail from never-before-seen sources, \u003ci\u003eAtomic Spy\u003c\/i\u003e travels across the Germany of an ascendant Nazi party; the British university classroom of Max Born; a British internment camp in Canada; the secret laboratories of Los Alamos; and Eastern Germany at the height of the Cold War. \u003ci\u003eAtomic Spy\u003c\/i\u003e shows the real Klaus Fuchs--who he was, what he did, why he did it, and how he was caught. 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