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  • Khrushchev's Cold War

    The Inside Story of an American Adversary

    by Aleksandr Fursenko, Timothy Naftali ...
    “Contains unsettling insights into some of the most dangerous geopolitical crises of the time.”—The EconomistThis acclaimed study from the authors of “One Hell of a Gamble” brings to life head-to-head confrontations between the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev and Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. Drawing on their unrivaled access to Politburo and KGB materials, Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • "One Hell of a Gamble"

    Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964

    by Aleksandr Fursenko, Timothy Naftali ...
    Based on classified Soviet archives, including the files of Nikita Khrushchev and the KGB, "One Hell of a Gamble" offers a riveting play-by-play history of the Cuban missile crisis from American and Soviet perspectives simultaneously.No other book offers this inside look at the strategies of the Soviet leadership. John F. Kennedy did not live to write his memoirs; Fidel Castro will not reveal what ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

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    An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the most powerful—and secretive—colossus in Washington, from the founder of Salon.com and author of the New York Times bestseller Brothers.America’s greatest untold story of espionage history: the United States’ rise to world dominance under the guile of Allen Welsh Dulles, the longest-serving director of ... Read more

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  • Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis

    A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis

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    "A minor classic in its laconic, spare, compelling evocation by a participant of the shifting moods and maneuvers of the most dangerous moment in human history."—Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.In October 1962, when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. ... Read more

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  • Spies

    The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America

    by John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr, Alexander Vassiliev ...
    Translated by Philip Redko ...
    "This important new book . . . based on archival material . . . shows the huge extent of Soviet espionage activity in the United States during the 20th century" ( The Telegraph).Based on KGB archives that have never been previously released, this stunning book provides the most complete account of Soviet espionage in America ever written. In 1993, former KGB officer Alexander Vassiliev was ... Read more

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  • The Quiet Americans

    Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War

    by Scott Anderson ...
    From the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, a gripping history of the early years of the Cold War, the CIA's covert battles against communism, and the tragic consequences which still affect the world todayAt the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing--seen as the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was ... Read more

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  • Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy

    Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935–1961

    by Nicholas E. Reynolds ...
    **A New York Times–bestseller from an intelligence insider reveals the "fascinating new research" revealing Hemingway's hidden life in espionage ( New York Review of Books).A riveting epic, Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy reveals for the first time Ernest Hemingway's secret adventures in espionage and intelligence.While he was the historian at the CIA Museum, Nicholas Reynolds, former American ... Read more

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  • Blowback

    America's Recruitment of Nazis and Its Destructive Impact on Our Domestic and Foreign Policy

    by Christopher Simpson ...
    Series Book 4 - Forbidden Bookshelf
    A searing account of a dark "chapter in U.S. Cold War history . . . to help the anti-Soviet aims of American intelligence and national security agencies" ( Library Journal).Even before the final shots of World War II were fired, another war began—a cold war that pitted the United States against its former ally, the Soviet Union. As the Soviets consolidated power in Eastern Europe, the CIA ... Read more

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  • Abyss

    The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

    by Max Hastings ...
    A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings ‘the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis’ Daily TelegraphThe 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the abyss of potential annihilation.Max Hastings ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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  • One Minute to Midnight

    by Michael Dobbs ...
    In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear conflict over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba. In thishour-by-hour chronicle of those tense days, veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs reveals just how close we came to Armageddon.Here, for the first time, are gripping accounts of Khrushchev's plan to destroy the U ... Read more

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  • Kennedy's Wars

    Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam

    by Lawrence Freedman ...
    In his thousand-day presidency, John F. Kennedy led America through one of its most difficult and potentially explosive eras. With the Cold War at its height and the threat of communist advances in Europe and the Third World, Kennedy had the unenviable task of maintaining U.S. solidarity without leading the western world into a nuclear catastrophe. In Kennedy's Wars, noted historian Lawrence ... Read more

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  • Stasi

    The Untold Story Of The East German Secret Police

    by John O. Koehler ...
    In this gripping narrative, John Koehler details the widespread activities of East Germany's Ministry for State Security, or "Stasi." The Stasi, which infiltrated every walk of East German life, suppressed political opposition, and caused the imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of citizens, proved to be one of the most powerful secret police and espionage services in the world. Koehler ... Read more

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