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Sacred Secrets: How Soviet Intelligence Operations Changed American History

Door Jerrold L. Schecter

Categorie
Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer
#329052-ZA12
Titel
Sacred Secrets: How Soviet Intelligence Operations Changed American History
Auteur
Schecter, Jerrold L.
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Dulles, VA : Brassey's
Jaar van uitgave
2002
ISBN10
1574883275
ISBN13
9781574883275
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original grey boards, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting
In the last decade of the twentieth century, newly opened classified archives revealed a series of "sacred secrets" that survivors of the Cold War had sworn to carry to their graves. These revelations have challenged our understanding of significant historical events. In Sacred Secrets, Jerrold and Leona Schecter add documents recently obtained in Russia and information from original interviews to cast new light on the reasons for the attack on Pearl Harbor, atomic espionage, Alger Hiss, McCarthyism, and the Rosenberg case, among others. The Schecters also reveal details of their own exposure to the world of sacred secrets. The reader emerges with a startling awareness of the profound influence that an aggressive Soviet intelligence service exerted on U. S. domestic and foreign p... (Lees verder)olicy. We now know, for example, that Harry Dexter White, the chief architect of the U. S. economic policy that proved so provocative to Japan and contributed to its decision to attack Pearl Harbor, was a Soviet intelligence asset committed to deflecting Japan's aggressive aims away from the Soviet Union. The Schecters provide the missing pieces of historical puzzles, demonstrate the importance of long-forgotten memoirs, rehabilitate reputations, and condemn others, rewriting recent U. S. history.
Pagina's
403
Conditie
Redelijk — Black permanent marker line on bottom cut.
Prijs
€ 12,50

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