Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War, Paperback - Gus Russo

The thrilling story of two Cold War spies, CIA case officer Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko -- improbable friends at a time when they sh...

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Pan Am flight attendant Natalie is the only thing that stands between the KGB and their attempt to steal submarine secrets from the United States N...

Reducere. A team of leading scholars examines the evolution of the Cold War from the Helsinki Conference of 1975 to the Soviet collapse in 1991. The authors ...

With Britain's empire collapsing and Stalin ascendent, U.S. officials set out to reconstruct Western Europe as a bulwark against communist authorit...

The true story that inspired The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming

A fresh, new study on the overlooked history of the backbone of the Cold War US Navy, the go-anywhere, do-anything frigate. Though they were never ...

Weaves an exceptional and thrilling hidden history of an ordinary girl who became one of the OSS's most daring spies in World War II before marryin...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The spy novel emerged from the intrigues of the mid-20th centu...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The spy novel emerged from the intrigues of the mid-20th centu...

Reducere. In 1943 a young official from the German foreign ministry contacted Allen Dulles, an OSS officer in Switzerland who would later head the Central In...

A compulsive page-turner about the battle for Berlin and control of the Western world in the aftermath of the Second World War from 'the master of ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Peter E. DaviesNumber of pages: 96Collection: Combat AircraftPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 185 x...

'Excellent' Antony Beevor 'Saul David is a brilliant historian ... In shocking and jaw-dropping detail, he brings a battle that deserves far greate...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Chosen as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, the Seattle Times, the Washington Indepe...

Reducere. Assassination by crossbow, refueling homemade planes in mid-air, mother and daughter seduction--Allied spy Tommy Sneum did it all during World War ...

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DescriptionOn September 11th 1999 The Times newspaper carried the front page article "Revealed: the quiet woman who betrayed Britain for 40 years. ...

Reducere. Like a scene from Where Eagles Dare, a small team of American spies parachutes into Italy behind enemy lines. Their orders: link up with local part...

The Cold War examines the complex arguments which divided East and West following the Second World war, and analyses its eight major phases from th...

"Enthralling. . . . Lying and stealing and invading, it should be said, make for captivating reading, especially in the hands of a storyteller as s...

After decades of bloodshed and political terror, many lament the rise of the left in Latin America. With Guatemala as the case study, this title ar...

Publisher: Legend Press LtdAuthor(s): Don SnyderNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 199 x 23Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Reducere. Based on fieldwork at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory--the facility that designed the neutron bomb and the warhead for the MX missile--N...

Reducere. Volume Two of The Cambridge History of the Cold War examines the developments that made the Cold War into a long-lasting international system durin...

Reducere. This volume examines the origins, causes and early years of the Cold War. Leading scholars show how the conflict evolved from the geopolitical, ide...

The Human Factor tells the dramatic story about the part played by political leaders - particularly the three very different personalities of Gorba...

*A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!* The New York Post calls The Last Fighter Pilot a "must-read" book. From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and ...

DescriptionOn September 11th 1999 The Times newspaper carried the front page article "Revealed: the quiet woman who betrayed Britain for 40 years. ...

The Great Cold War is arguably the most fascinating account yet written about the Cold War--and a timely enunciation of the lessons we need to lear...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Ben MacintyreNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3Cover type: Paperback ...

The first study of Israeli foreign policy towards the Middle East and selected world powers, including China, India, the European Union and the US ...

Reducere. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An incredible story of under-appreciated heroism." - USA Today, Five Books to Read This Week "A compelling biography o...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Last Corpsman, chronicles the life of John I. Unger from his birth in Austria in 1920, his immigration to the US, joining the Navy, ...

The last great war of antiquity was fought on an unprecedented scale along the full length of the Persian-Roman frontier. James Howard-Johnston pie...

Reducere. The Clever Teens' Guide to the Cold War: The perfect guide for background reading or revision. From the end of World War Two to the collapse of the...

Charting the rise and fall of almost fifty years of global confrontation, this book highlights the impact of the Cold War on the culture of the tim...

DescriptionA stirring narrative of World War II's final major battle--the Pacific war's largest, bloodiest, most savagely fought campaign--the last...

Reducere. Description A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Excellent...This book is as riveting as any thriller, and as hard to put down." -- The New York Times Book...

An amazingly fresh approach to a much covered subject.... TR's Last War is a riveting new account of Theodore Roosevelt's impassioned crusade for m...

-This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.- With these words, Lieutenan...

Reducere. Only two Americans held positions of great influence throughout the Cold War. The two men embodied opposing strategies for winning the conflict. Ye...

A true Cold War espionage thriller set in the ultra-secret Berlin Tunnel - where British officer George Blake must run a high-stakes double cross t...

Reducere. A dramatic countdown of the final months of World War II in Europe, The Last 100 Days brings to life the waning power and the ultimate submission o...

Double Cross in Cairo uncovers the heroic exploits of one of the Second World War's most closely guarded secrets.