I was a communist for the F.B.I.
the unhappy life and times of Matt Cvetic
by Daniel J. Leab
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"The man who loosely provided the inspiration for the B-grade cult movie I Was a Communist for the FBI had a life that was marred by alcoholism, damaged expectations, and greed.".
"Leab juxtaposes Cvetic's real life with his reel life. He chronicles his fall from grace, yet admits that Cvetic's life offers fascinating and useful insights into the creation, merchandising, and distribution of a reckless professional witness. Leab also writes about Cvetic's life prior to his involvement with the FBI, his glory days, and shows that there is much to be learned from the story of an "anti-Communist icon.""--BOOK JACKET.
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Anti-communist movements, Biography, Case studies, Communism, History, Internal security, Moles (Spies), Politics and government, United States, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, United states, federal bureau of investigation, Spies, Pennsylvania, biography, Communism, united states, Communism, history, Pennsylvania, politics and government, United states, politics and government, 1945-1953, Pittsburgh (pa.), Pennsylvania, history, United states, history, 20th centuryPeople
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I Was a Communist for the FBI: The Unhappy Life and Times of Matt Cvetic
2008, Pennsylvania State University Press
in English
0271028122 9780271028125
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I was a communist for the F.B.I.: the unhappy life and times of Matt Cvetic
2000, Pennsylvania State University Press
in English
0271020539 9780271020532
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