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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 575 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Details how the U.S. government embarked on a covert operation to recruit and employ Nazi scientists in the years following World War II in an effort to prevent their knowledge and expertise from falling into the hands of the Soviet Union.
Author
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xi, 92 pages. : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"During the Cold War, dissent against U.S. international policy was looked upon as inherently suspicious. No one was more suspicious than outspoken left-leaning intellectuals, especially those who lived in Manhattan. For national security reasons, the federal government expended considerable resources surveilling men and women who might harbor communist sympathies and exert influence over others. In this book, John Rodden reveals how the FBI and CIA...
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 19 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
"When diplomacy fails and war is unwise, the president calls on the CIA's Special Activities Division (SAD), a highly classified branch of the Agency and the most effective black-operations force in the world. Originally known as the president's guerrilla warfare corps, SAD conducts risky and ruthless operations that have evolved over time to defend America from its enemies. Almost every American president since World War II has asked the CIA to conduct...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 474 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Combining the pulsating drive of Showtime's Homeland with the fascinating historical detail of such of narrative nonfiction bestsellers as Double Cross and In the Garden of Beasts, Dark Invasion is Howard Blum's gritty, high-energy true-life tale of German espionage and terror on American soil during World War I, and the NYPD Inspector who helped uncover the plot--the basis for the film to be produced by and starring Bradley Cooper. When a "neutral"...
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