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My Silent WarBook

by Kim Philby

Who uses, recommends or left My Silent War, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Annie Lowrey
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And this is a book called My Silent War by Kim Philby. So Kim Philby is a spy, prominent British spy and uh he almost becomes the head of MI6. He's a Soviet agent. He's a Soviet agent and he eventually defects to the Soviet Union and drinks himself to death in Moscow. And you know, I think that there was perhaps some expectation of like a warm reception there for all that he had done for the Soviet cause.

Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “This Is Why People Hate the Government” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-annie-lowrey.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.

2026-08-25·youtube.com ↗

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