Childrens nonfiction history military wars books alibris. The greatest missions of the israeli secret service. Up until that fateful day, she was an ordinary housewife who was raised in an orphanage, had attended purdue university and was happily married to a naval officer with two children. Waltons study sheds light on britains actions during the cold war, and its withdrawal from its colonies. Top 10 books about the cold war the long, nucleararmed standoff that followed the second world war was a terrifying parody of peace which inspired some brilliant literature francesca kay. Britain, america and cold war secret intelligence specifically on the kgb.
The inside story of its foreign operations from lenin to gorbachev basically the precursor to the sword and the shield. That was true even back in the cold war, when two unlikely and. Five essential books on reallife espionage, from the story of legendary. A year ago she discovered the truth, that everything she believed about herself and her entire life was a lie. But as modernday leakers show us, anyone can be a spy. Nonfiction gives us the chance to look at the world around us and learn something about how we fit within it. Hardcover fiction october, 2019 hardcover fiction october, 2019. In the realm of cold war books dominated by male novelists and white protagonists, lauren wilkinsons american spy stands out. Murphy, kondrashev, and bailey battleground berlin. Top 10 books about the cold war books the guardian. Read secrets of the cold war us army europes intelligence and counterintelligence activities against the soviets during the cold war by leland mccaslin available from rakuten kobo.
Cold war history series episode 10 end of the cold war. Secrets, spies, special missions, and secrets weapons. Its going to feel weird reading a book about a german general in wwii but for rommel we must make an exception. Shop childrens nonfiction history military wars books at alibris. Intrigue, deception, and the secrets that destroyed two of the cold wars most important agents. This book may be about war, but it is, like most of these books, mostly about people. A normal life, susan truly wondered if shed ever have one again. The cold war is revisited twenty years after its ending, with the use of new archives and memories of its contemporaries. His charade goes as far as enlarging sketches of vacuum cleaner parts and claiming they are secret installations. Hoffmans the billion dollar spy the billion dollar spy is one of the best spy stories to come out of the cold war and all the more riveting. No list of cold war spy books would be complete without this classic bond title. The secret cia tactics that helped america win the cold war.
Pages in category cold war fiction the following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. Mar 10, 2017 if youre studying the cuban missile crisis with your students this october, here are two books to give them a young persons viewpoint on that time in history. Top 10 books about the cold war the long, nucleararmed standoff that followed the second world war was a terrifying parody of peace. The greatest espionage story of the cold war kindle edition. It also has projects that one can do to bring the subject matter to life like building a carrot submarine or creating a ufo.
A life of field marshall erwin rommel by david fraser. From actionpacked eyewitness accounts such as guadalcanal diary to devastating holocaust memoirs like the diary of anne frank and night to the thrilling espionage tale of operation mincemeat, world war ii is the subject of some of the most fascinating and influential nonfiction books ever written each year, seemingly dozens of new titles emerge to offer fresh. And dont forget we have two books out on the cold war. In the book, which is based on true events, marie mitchell, a black fbi intelligence officer, joins a shadowy task force to undermine the charismatic president of burkina faso thomas sankara who has earned the. Best nonfiction books to read about cold warusrussia. Best espionage books nonfiction some of the best books about real life spies and espionage. The secret life of cia spymaster james jesus angleton by jefferson morleyjames jesus angleton, the man who nearly destroyed the cia.
Ps further reading is available at the bottom of this page. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Here are 15 nonfiction spy books even john le carre wouldnt put down. The greatest missions of the israeli michael barzohar.
On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, the daily beast sorts through the best new and old. Pbs secrets of the dead with historian nick wilding. Cold war history is now magazine, podcasts, blog and books. Gaddis objectively analyses the events of the war as well as the reasons for such a turn of events. The protatgonists in the cold war were the west, led by the united states, and the eastern bloc, led by the soviet union. It hits the sweet spot between pageturning thriller and solidly researched history even the footnotes are informative and then becomes something more, a shrewd character study of spies and the. Mar 5, 2020 literature pertaining to bunkers, the cold war, and nuclear arms. Purchasing your cold war books through these links is a great way to support alpha history while saving money. Lindseys spy book follows their story of amateur espionage in all of its strange, drugaddled glory. Can you guysgirls recommend a good or a couple of good books, that depicts the cold war preferably entailing all of the years of its existence which is up for discussion i know. See more ideas about books, historical fiction and books for teens.
This is a book about washington process and bureaucracy, for sure, but with the. I hope readers who lived through the cold war will also find the volume useful, because as marx once said groucho, not karl, outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. If this book was just about the head of the abwehr nazi germanys secret. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. That was true even back in the cold war, when two unlikely and, apparently, unpatriotic friends discovered how easy it was to sell american secrets to the soviet union. When it comes to reading nonfiction works on the cold war, john gaddis is a recognised historian of the epoque. Notable nonfiction books in 2016 the washington post. The korean war nonfiction 91 books 2 voters cold war literary fiction.
Authoritatively ranked lists of books sold in the united states, sorted by format and genre. It was a cold casethe unsolved double murder of two teenage girls. British intelligence, the cold war, and the twilight of empire. See more ideas about cold war, history books and books. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Allen dulles, the cia, and the rise of americas secret government, by david. And nonfiction also tells us a lot about ourselves. Secrets of the cold war focuses on a dark period of a silent war and offers a new perspective on the struggle betwee.
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