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1301) Spione: Spies
Pub. Date
2016
Language
None
Description
"Having defined the espionage genre with Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler, Fritz Lang returned to the genre with this surprisingly fast-paced and remarkably grim thriller. Rudolf Klein-Rogge starts as Haghi, the head of an elaborate criminal empire, and Willy Fritsch is the undercover agent assigned to topple the diabolical king from his throne. Filled with the sexual intrigue and high-tech gadgetry that continue to define the genre, SPIES (Spione) remains...
Author
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
It is a little-known fact that during the Cold War, two US Army Special Forces detachments were stationed far behind the Iron Curtain in West Berlin. The existence and missions of the two detachments were highly classified secrets.
The massive armies of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies posed a huge threat to the nations of Western Europe. US military planners decided they needed a plan to slow the expected juggernaut, if and when a war...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"From Dick Cheney's man-sized safe to NSA's massive intelligence gathering, secrecy has captured the American government's modus operandi better than the ideals of the Constitution. In this important new book, Fritz Schwarz, who was chief counsel to the U.S. Church Committee on Intelligence-which uncovered CIA plots to assassinate world leaders, including Fidel Castro's exploding cigar-uses examples ranging from the dropping of the first Atomic bomb,...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"An international security expert shows how competitive organizations can get-and stay-ahead by thinking like their adversaries"--
"In Red Team, security expert Micah Zenko provides an in-depth investigation into the work of red teams, revealing the best practices, most common pitfalls, and most effective strategies of these modern-day Devil's Advocates. He shows how competitive organizations, from private corporations to whole governments, can and...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The inside story of the covert operation that took down the heads of ISIS. No Shadows in the Desert reveals the untold story of the behind-the-scenes fight against ISIS--one coordinated by heads of state and ultimately fought in the alleyways and open deserts of the Middle Eastern battlefield by spies and soldiers. Samuel M. Katz draws upon his sources within the global intelligence and counterterrorism community, as well as the international special...
1308) The culture of terrorism
Author
Publisher
South End Press
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
This classic text provides a scathing critique of US political culture through a brilliant analysis of the Iran-Contra scandal. Chomsky irrefutably shows how the United States has opposed human rights and democratization to advance its economic interests.
1311) Fellow passenger
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[1955]
Language
English
Description
"Claudio Howerd-Wolferstan is neither a communist nor a spy. Yet he breaks into a top-security government hostel to retrieve the family treasure. With a spot secured on the wanted lists of both the British police and Russian communist leaders, he is forced to run from a charge of high treason. A master of disguise, he bluffs his way out of many a dangerous situation and outwits his pursuers. But how long can his luck last? The speed of Claudio's transformations...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Guy Burgess was the most important, complex, and fascinating of The Cambridge Spies--Maclean, Philby, Blunt--brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their country to the Soviet Union. An engaging and charming companion to many, an unappealing, utterly ruthless manipulator to others, Burgess rose through academia, the BBC, the Foreign Office, MI5 and MI6, gaining access to thousands of highly sensitive secret documents which he passed...
1313) Sea change
Author
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In 2022, GMOs were banned. A biopharmaceutical caused the Catastrophe: worldwide economic and agricultural collapse, and personal tragedy for lawyer Caroline Denton and her son. Ten years later, as Renata Black, she is a member of the Org, an underground group of scientists hunted by the feds. But the Org's illegal food-research might just hold the key to rebuilding the worlds' food supply."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Since 2001 the TSA has accepted responsibility for protecting over two million people a day at U.S. airports and managing transportation operations around the world. But how effective is this beleaguered agency, and is it really keeping us safe from terrorism? In this riveting expose, former TSA administrator Kip Hawley reveals the secrets behind the agency's ongoing battle to outthink and outmaneuver terrorists, illuminating the flawed, broken system...
1317) Operation crossbow
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Some war violence.
A fearsome rumor reaches Britain's World War II command. The Nazis are developing rocket technology that could rain death on London and, then, New York. Quickly, England develops a plan to send saboteurs into the sites manufacturing the rockets. Just moments after the carefully chosen commandos parachute into the drop zone, their pilot receives an urgent message: The mission may be compromised. Abort.
1318) Homegrown hero
Author
Series
Publisher
HQ
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"JAY QASIM is back home in West London and in pursuit of normality. He's swapped dope-dealing for admin, and spends his free time at the local Muslim Community Center or cruising around Hounslow in his beloved BMW. No-one would guess that he was the MI5 spy who foiled the most devastating terrorist attack in recent history. But Jay's part in sabotaging Ghurfat-Al-Mudarris' hit on London didn't pass unnoticed. IMRAN SIDDIQUI was trained to kill in...
1319) Top hook
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Alan Craik and his wife are being framed for espionage even as the airborne unit he commands is in the middle of what threatens to become a major war.
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