Rogue Agent From Secret Plots To Psychological Warfare The Untold Story Of Robert Bruce Lockhart James Crossland by James Crossland 9781783968046, 1783968044 instant download after payment.

'Compelling and meticulously researched, the riveting life of a maverick Scottish spy.' Charles Cumming THE THRILLING BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT BRUCE LOCKHART, BRITAIN'S 'AGENT' IN MOSCOWSir Robert Bruce Lockhart (1887–1970) was an impressive figure: a diplomat, intelligence agent, conspirator, journalist and propagandist who played a key role in both world wars. He was a man who charmed his way into the confidences of everyone from Leon Trotsky to Anthony Eden. A man whom the influential press baron Lord Beaverbook claimed 'could well have been prime minister'. And yet Lockhart died almost forgotten and near destitute, a Scottish footnote in the pages of history. Rogue Agent is the first biography of this gifted yet habitually flawed maverick. It chronicles his many exploits, from his time as Britain's 'Agent' in Moscow, and his role in a plot to bring down the communist regime, to leading the Political Warfare Executive, a secret body responsible for disinformation and propaganda in...