ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that some spies see their situations through the 'lens of ideology'. A number of Communist intellectuals including John Cornford and David Haden-Guest were killed in Spain. There was a clear polarization of ideals; it was a matter of ideology versus ideology. The infamous Cambridge trio together with the art historian, Anthony Blunt and others are customarily regarded not only as spies but also as traitors. At Cambridge, both Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean came under the influence of tutors with strong Marxist leanings, and of more senior Marxist-inspired students such as Anthony Blunt and Goronwy Rees. Both relished debates on the theory and practice of Communism, and their views became common knowledge among their fellow students. The concern - as with the Cambridge spies - was with the image of espionage and the restoration of its glamorous, if largely mythical aura.
