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Michael Burleigh
Sunday 12th July 2009
Another Dishonest Review In The New York Times
Yet another soft-soaping of a paid KGB agent in the New York Times. According to the new book SPIES by John Haynes, Harvey Klehr and Alexander Vassilev (Yale University Press), Stone was a paid KGB agent codenamed Blini or Pancake. Apparently the 'intellectual lone wolf' of the Nation and New Republic was not so lonesome after all.
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About Michael Burleigh
Michael Burleigh is a historian and the author of 10 books. These include The Third Reich: a New History, Earthly Powers, Sacred Causes and Blood & Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism. He is on the Advisory Board of Standpoint.
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