Traitor's Odyssey
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Traitor's Odyssey

The Untold Story of Martha Dodd and a Strange Saga of Soviet Espionage

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Traitor's Odyssey

The Untold Story of Martha Dodd and a Strange Saga of Soviet Espionage

About this book

'A delicious, gossipy and thoroughly engaging romp ... heartily recommended.' Tim Tate, author of Hitler's British Traitors and The Spy Who Was Left Out in the Cold
'A captivating page-turner ...' Helen Fry, author of Women in Intelligence

Ambassador's daughter, Nazi love interest, Soviet spy, FBI most wanted.
Accompanying her parents to Berlin in the 1930s, Martha Dodd knew almost nothing about Adolf Hitler or the Nazis. Yet almost overnight, she stepped into the spotlight, and found herself at the over-heated centre of Hitler's 'New Germany', befriending and dating several high-ranking Nazis, including the head of the Gestapo.
An affair with a dashing Russian diplomat saw her recruited as a spy, and so began a long and tumultuous career in both Berlin and America, including attempts to infiltrate First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's inner circle and playing a key role in Henry Wallace's disastrous 1948 presidential campaign.
Betrayed by a Hollywood-hustler-turned-double-agent, Martha spent years under deep FBI surveillance - escaping twice - and went to ground in Cold War Prague, sad, lonely, rich and bored, living out her final decades in a Communist Sunset Boulevard.
Largely forgotten, Martha Dodd began to emerge as an iconic historical figure in the early 2000s. While her scandalous behaviour and pro-Soviet leanings were never much in dispute, the actual matter of her guilt remained unresolved. Now, using recently released KGB archived information and FBI files, author and journalist Brendan McNally sets the record straight in Traitor's Odyssey, telling the full epic tale of Martha Dodd's life for the first time, casting her in a new and bright light.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Preface
  3. 1. The Flying Hamburger
  4. 2. Skin in the Game
  5. 3. The Anna Rath Incident
  6. 4. The Devil You Know
  7. 5. Martha, the Fuhrer Needs a Wife
  8. 6. Iron Boots
  9. 7. Gestapo to the Rescue
  10. 8. The Man Who Knew Too Much
  11. 9. Recruits and ‘Iron Boots’
  12. 10. Rumors of a Coup
  13. 11. About Boris Morros
  14. 12. Night of the Long Knives
  15. 13. Jazz Records for Molotov
  16. 14. Zarubin in Manhattan
  17. 15. Suspicions
  18. 16. ‘To Martha, My Wife!’
  19. 17. A Wolfe and a Bullitt
  20. 18. Replacing the New Case Officer
  21. 19. The Wife of a Wealthy Man
  22. 20. From ‘Boy’ to ‘President’
  23. 21. Dithering through the War Years
  24. 22. Enter Jane Foster
  25. 23. Meeting the New Business Partners
  26. 24. The New Case Officer
  27. 25. Life After Wartime
  28. 26. Fun with Jane and George
  29. 27. A Bristle Brush Factory in France
  30. 28. Soble Goes to Meet Zarubin
  31. 29. The World According to Ilo
  32. 30. A Little Weekend Bash
  33. 31. Someplace Nice for Lunch
  34. 32. Informants
  35. 33. A Turn for the Worse
  36. 34. Down Mexico Way
  37. 35. Prague
  38. 36. Six Months of Revisionist Debauchery
  39. 37. The Pink Lady
  40. 38. On the Good Ship Lollypop
  41. 39. A Death in Prague
  42. Postscript
  43. Acknowledgements
  44. Endnotes

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