No Other Choice: An Autobiography by George BlakeMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a rather remarkable and easy to read autobiography from George Blake, a former British spy who worked as an agent for the Soviet Union. He became a Communist and decided to work for the KGB while a prisoner during the Korean War after warming to the ideology as he fought against it in the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) during WWII in the Dutch Section. Later, he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1966 and fled to the USSR. The rather exciting prison break and flight is detailed here. He was not one of the "Cambridge spies", concluding material is fascinating about life in Soviet retirement with comrades Donald Maclean, Kim Philby, and others that also reached the USSR. Her comes across as committed to Communism, despite some criticisms of Soviet life. He offers a Christian predestination theory (hence the title) while being an unabashed apologist for both Communism and his espionage activities against his adopted country of Britain.
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