Espionage & Cold War
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Cold War Berlin
An authoritative, richly illustrated summary on the major confrontation of four superpowers over the city of Berlin, including the Berlin Airlift, in 1945-1949. Learn More -
Hunt for the U-2
‘The Hunt for the U-2' is a succinct operational history of the confrontations between that reconnaissance aircraft and those trying to catch it and the impact these operations had in not so distant history. Richly illustrated with photographs and full colour aircraft profiles. Learn More -
The Collectors
Using recently declassified materials and interviews this book reveals new details of highly classified US and British Cold War aerial intelligence collection flights. Learn More -
Up Against the Wall
A hundred years of oppression, seen through the eyes of Latvians - first as the oppressors, then as the oppressed. After WWII and the Cold War, Latvia experienced fifty years of Soviet domination. The KGB's methods are laid bare in true stories of interrogation, torture, execution and deportation to Siberia: this is not for the squeamish.
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The Spy in Hitler’s Inner Circle
The story of Hans-Thilo Schmidt, France's German spy embedded in the very heart of the Third Reich. From information about Germany's rearmament and the reoccupation of the Rhineland, to fundamental technical intelligence about the Enigma machine, Schmidt's contributions are key to the Allied victory in the intelligence war. Learn More -
Charles Dupont
Charles Dupont, an officer educated at the Polytechnic, and a former gunner, was moved to the Intelligence Services after the Dreyfus Affair; he accomplished many secret missions in Germany before taking charge of the Bureau of Intelligence in 1913, traversing the big military shocks of the Western Front: the Marne (1914), Verdun (1916), and ... Learn More -
The Cold War Spy Pocket Manual
Some twenty-five years after its conclusion, yet with its echoes resonating once more in contemporary East-West relations, the rigors and detail of many aspects of the Cold War are becoming increasingly of interest. Furthermore, at the very same time many of the records of the period are beginning to become accessible for the first time. Learn More -
I Was a Spy!
"The Greatest War Story of All - Takes rank with All Quiet on the Western Front. She fulfilled in every respect the conditions which made the terrible profession of a spy dignified and honourable. Learn More -
Abolishing the Taboo
In Abolishing the Taboo, Brian Madison Jones takes a new look at the integral role played by Dwight D. Eisenhower in the creation of a new nuclear creed for the United States during the Cold War. Learn More