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Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Reveals the inside story of how U.S. special forces and intelligence agencies led the largest manhunt in history to capture and contain Colombian cocaine cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar, one of the world's most powerful outlaws.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2022].
Physical Desc
xi, 593 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An in-depth and masterful account of how Ronald Reagan's foreign policy "team of rivals" ended the Cold War and laid the foundation for the twenty-first century. Today, the ending of the Cold War seems a foregone conclusion. But in the early 1980s, U.S. intelligence predicted the Soviet Union would last another century. Ronald Reagan entered the White House with no certainty of what would happen next, only an overriding faith in American democracy...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The former Republican presidential nominee chronicles his political career from the election of Barack Obama through the divisive 2016 election, offering his opinions of the current developments in Washington as well as his recommendations for ongoing international challenges.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
x, 289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of American traitor Noel Field, who spied for Stalin during the 1930s and 1940s before he was kidnapped and tortured by the KGB and forced to testify against his Communist comrades, sharing insight into his decision to defect in spite of his privileged background and Ivy League education.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiii, 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story of the fascinating and fateful "daughter diplomacy" of Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill, and Kathleen Harriman, three glamorous young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference with Stalin in the waning days of World War II"--
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 273 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Draws on years of interviews and previously undisclosed CIA files to chronicle the disappearance of CIA contractor Robert Levinson on a mission in Iran and the international manhunt to find him.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a new memoir, the U.S. ambassador to the Ukraine, whose life and work have taught her the preciousness of democracy as well as the dangers of corruption, details her involvement in President Trump's impeachment inquiry and her response to his smear campaign.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While getting into his car on the evening of February 16, 1978, the chief of the CIA's Moscow station was handed an envelope by an unknown Russian. Its contents stunned the Americans: details of top-secret Soviet research and development in military technology that was totally unknown to the United States. From 1979 to 1985, Adolf Tolkachev, an engineer at a military research center, cracked open the secret Soviet military research establishment,...
12) Hard choices
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 635 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hillary Clinton's candid reflections about the key moments during her time as Secretary of State, as well as her thoughts about how to navigate the challenges of the 21st century.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 650 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Age of Eisenhower tells the story of a masterful president guiding the nation through the great crises of the 1950s, from McCarthyism and the Korean War through civil rights turmoil and Cold War conflicts. Today, presidential historians rank Eisenhower fifth on the list of great presidents. He is also noted as a gifted leader and a decent man of humble origins who used his powers to advance the welfare of all Americans.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"John Kerry tells the story of his extraordinary life of public service, from decorated Vietnam veteran to five-term United States senator, 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, and Secretary of State for four years: a personal and candid memoir by a witness to some of the most important events of our recent history, including the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate accords."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 262 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A revealing, dramatic, deeply personal book about the most significant events of our time, written by the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is widely admired for her forthright manner ("With all due respect, I don't get confused"), her sensitive approach to tragic events, and her confident representation of America's interests as our Ambassador to the United Nations during times of crisis and consequence. In this book,...
Author
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Former Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo spearheaded the Trump Administration’s most significant foreign policy breakthroughs. Now, he reveals how he did it, and how it could happen again.
Mike Pompeo is the only person ever to have served as both America’s most senior diplomat and the head of its premier espionage agency. As the only four-year national security member of President Trump’s Cabinet, he worked to impose crushing...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 344 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, detailing the remarkable rise and political brilliance of the most powerful--and elusive--woman in the world. The Chancellor is at once a riveting political biography and an intimate human story of a complete outsider--a research chemist and pastor's daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany--who rose to become the unofficial leader of the West. Acclaimed biographer Kati Marton...
20) China marine
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
xxv, 167 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A compelling conclusion to the classic World War II memoir "With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa." E.B. Sledge continues his story of his Marine career in World War II.