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Christopher andrew is professor of modern and contemporary history and chair of the history department at cambridge university, a former visiting professor of national security at harvard, a frequent guest lecturer at other us universities and a regular host of bbc radio and tv programs. Nov, 2016 espionage november, 2016 espionage november. The new york history blogs mission to report new publications about the. Apr 10, 2014 there is no james bond in the exhibit spy.
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