The Secret War
Time Life Medical, 1981. Reprint. Second printing (1982). Hardcover. 208 p. Illustrations (some in color). Bibliography. Index. More
Time Life Medical, 1981. Reprint. Second printing (1982). Hardcover. 208 p. Illustrations (some in color). Bibliography. Index. More
New York, N.Y. Twelve, 2018. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. vi, [4], 342 pages. Illustrations. Dramatis Personae. Acknowledgments. Bibliography. About the Authors. Index. . Chapters include Apprentice Spies; All Roads Lead to Washington; Contact; Musketeers; The IOC; The Quisling; Softly, Softly, Catchee Monkey; Havana Takedown; Sasha; An Old Enemy; A Second Reunion; Going Public; A Heavy Box of Caviar; Calm Before the Storm; You Don't Know Me; The Gulag Redux; Reset: The Red Button; and End Games. Inscribed on the half-title page by both authors. He is the author of Live by the Sword: The Secret War Against Castro and the Death of JFK, a book which states that Lee Harvey Oswald alone killed the president in retribution for Kennedy's policies toward Fidel Castro and Cuba. Russo has also written books about the Chicago Outfit and cold war spies. Eric B. Dezenhall (born September 9, 1962) is an American crisis management consultant, author, and founder of Washington D.C.-based public relations firm Dezenhall Resources. His aggressive tactics on behalf of his clients have made him both a target of criticism and a quoted pundit on crisis communications. His 2018 nonfiction book (coauthored with Gus Russo) Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War chronicles the friendship between the KGB’s Gennady Vasilenko and the CIA’s Jack Platt. The book details for the first time Platt’s critical role in identifying the FBI’s Robert Hanssen as the mole inside the US intelligence community. More
New York: Putnam, c1980. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 318, footnotes, ink notation on flyleaf, DJ soiled and worn at edges. More
Fairfax Station, VA: IM Press, Inc., 1997. Third hardcover Edition, 2000. Hardcover. 391 pages. Signed by author. Charles Francis Scanlon was American military officer, writer, publisher, consultant. Decorated Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Army Distinguished Service Medal, National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with 3 oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star with 2 oak leaf clusters; elected to the United States Military Intelligence Hall of Fame, 1995. More
Fairfax Station, VA: Im Press, Inc., 1997. Second Hardcover Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. [8], 391, [1 p. More
Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society, 1986. First Edition. 24 cm, 106, illus. More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, c1976. First Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 281, illus. More
New York, N.Y. Paperback Library, Inc., 1968. First Printing [Stated]. Mass market paperback. 255, [1] pages. Includes Acknowledgments, Post-Mortem, and Bibliography, as well as chapters on The Beginning of the End; The Model; Background to Espionage; Accent n Patriotism; Preparations for the First Trial; The First Great Victory; The Final Touches to the Plan; The Lawrence of Manchuria; Everyone Can Spy: Everyone Must Spy; Everyone in the Card Index; The Plan Goes into the Last Phase; The Ten-Year Plan in the Dutch East Indies; The Assault on Central America; The Student of English at Stanford; 117 1/2 Weller Street, Los Angeles; The E-Naval Traitors; The Night Club Owner on the West Coast; It Began with Nude Girls; The Steward of Singapore; Colonel Osaki's Defeat in Success; The Smoke and Noise of Climax. Also includes Post-Mortem and Bibliography. In the bibliography at the end, the author acknowledges both the documentary material (under the reference numbers provided by the Library of Congress check list) and the printed sources by the name of the work and the author. Ronald Sydney Seth (5 June 1911, England – 1 February 1985), a British writer who wrote travel books and books about espionage. He was educated at Cambridge University. At the start of World War II, he joined the BBC and helping to start the Monitoring Intelligence Bureau. In 1942 joined the Special Operations Executive. He was captured by and later defected to the Germans. He was trained by the Sicherheitsdienst as an agent and spent most of the rest of the war as an informer in Oflag 79, but in April 1945 was entrusted with a message of peace by Himmler, which he carried to London. More
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1967. First Edition. 240, sources, index, small stains inside boards and flyleaves, DJ worn, soiled, and stained: small edge tears/chips. More
New York: Hawthorn Books, [1965]. First American Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 306, illus., DJ worn with small tears, ink notation inside front board, corners of some pages bent. More
New York: Hawthorn Books, [1965]. First American Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 306, illus., usual library markings, DJ worn & pieces missing, rear DJ flap creased. More
New York: Harmony Books, 2011. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. viii, 295, [1] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Meir Shalev (born 29 July 1948) is an Israeli writer and newspaper columnist for the daily Yedioth Ahronoth . Shalev's books have been translated into 26 languages. Shalev was born in Nahalal, Israel. Later he lived at Ginosar with his family. He is the son of the Jerusalem poet Yitzhak Shalev. Shalev was drafted into the IDF in 1966, and did his military service in the Golani Brigade. He served as a soldier, a squad leader in the brigade's reconnaissance company. Shalev fought in the The Six Day War, and a few months after the war was injured in a friendly fire incident. Shalev identifies with the Israeli left and believes that the conflict with the Palestinians can be resolved by establishing two states for two peoples. However, he is disappointed with the extremism in the Palestinian camp, saying,: "Radical Palestinians still say that the only solution would be for all Jews to pack their bags and return to where their grandparents came from. When there are no more Jews left in the Middle East, then the problem is solved, according to their logic. As long as they continue to think that way, there will be no peace. We are here and we are going to stay. Only after that fact is generally accepted can progress be made." More
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1945. Third Printing. 295, index, top corners of boards slightly bent, DJ worn and soiled: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New York, N.Y. Printed by Clarke & Way at the Thistle Press, 1962. Limited Edition. Hardcover in a Slipcase. 106 pages, with text only on one side for most pages. . Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers. The Dedication page reads: Alfred E. Smith will be remembered for many things, but perhaps most of all for his good works and simple words. This compilation, documented from his public life in his own language, is affectionately dedicated to his memory be a family who enjoyed the privilege of knowing him. Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who served four terms as Governor of New York and was the Democratic Party's candidate for president in 1928. Smith served in the New York State Assembly from 1904 to 1915 and held the position of Speaker of the Assembly in 1913. Smith also served as sheriff of New York County from 1916 to 1917. He was first elected governor of New York in 1918, and was elected governor again in 1922, 1924, and 1926. Smith was the foremost urban leader of the Efficiency Movement in the United States and was noted for achieving a wide range of reforms as New York governor in the 1920s. Incumbent Republican Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover was aided by national prosperity and the absence of American involvement in war, and he defeated Smith in a landslide in 1928. Smith sought the 1932 Democratic presidential nomination but was defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt, his successor as Governor of New York. Smith then entered business in New York City, became involved in the construction and promotion of the Empire State Building. More
Washington DC: Pergamon-Brassey's International Defense Publishers, Inc., 1989. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, 221, [1] pages. Ink marks to text noted. Ink notations on rep. Foreword by Richard Helms. Includes chapters on Proud Service; Early Years; The Beedle Smith Era; Academic Interlude; The Watch on Asia; Singapore; Back to Headquarters; Back in the Fast Lane; The Raborn Episode; The Golden Helms Years; The Nixon Decline; and Afterthoughts. The Unknown CIA brings readers into the world of the scholars, researchers, and analysts who provide the facts upon which U.S. national security decisions are based, revealing what working for "the Company" is really like. Perhaps the greatest service this book performs is to portray the workaday operations and internal atmosphere of the Agency. It describes with the pride of an intelligence professional the unwavering objectivity and dedication to accuracy of the mostly unknown intelligence analysts. This is indeed "the unknown CIA" More
New York: St, Martin's Paperbacks, 2003. First Printing [Stated]. Mass market paperback. [8], 487, [1] pages. Cover has some wear, soiling, and edge tear. Wilbur Addison Smith (born 9 January 1933) is a Zambian-born, novelist specializing in historical fiction about the international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries, seen from the viewpoints of both black and white families. An accountant by training, he gained a film contract with his first published novel When the Lion Feeds. This encouraged him to become a full-time writer, and he developed three long chronicles of the South African experience which all became bestsellers. He still acknowledges his publisher Charles Pick's advice to "write about what you know best", and his work takes in much authentic detail of the local hunting and mining way of life, along with the romance and conflict that goes with it. As of 2014 his 35 published novels had sold more than 120 million copies. More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, [1943]. 21 cm, 252, illus., pages quite browned, boards weak and nearly separated, covers worn and soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 2002. Presumed First Paperback Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. The format is approximately 5.25 inches by 8 inches. xxiv, 359, [1] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Author David Stafford draws upon recently released wartime files to provide an intriguing look at the relationship of two world leaders, revealing how each guarded knowledge from the other in pursuit of separate national interests. David Alexander Tetlow Stafford (born 10 March 1942) is projects director at Edinburgh University's Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars and Leverhulme Emeritus Professor in the university's School of History, Classics and Archaeology. Stafford took his B.A. at Downing College, Cambridge, in 1963. He then undertook postgraduate study at the University of London, taking an M.A. and finally his Ph.D. in history in 1968. Stafford served in the British Diplomatic Service at the Foreign Office from 1967 to 1968. He then took up an appointment as research associate (1968–70) at the Centre of International Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He then became assistant professor of history (1970–76) at Canada's University of Victoria in British Columbia. He was promoted to professor of history (1982–84). He then became director of studies (1985–86) and executive director (1986–92) at the Canadian Institute of International Affairs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. From 2000, he became projects director at the Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars. Stafford is noted for his works concerning Winston Churchill and British intelligence, various aspects of the Second World War, and twentieth-century intelligence and espionage. More
New York: The Overlook Press, 2011. Second printing [stated] of this edition. Trade Paperback. The format is approximately 6 inches by 9 inches. xxiv, 359, [1] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Slight cover wear. David Stafford draws upon released wartime files to provide an intriguing look at the relationship of two world leaders, revealing how each guarded knowledge from the other in pursuit of separate national interests. David Alexander Tetlow Stafford (born 10 March 1942) is projects director at Edinburgh University's Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars and Leverhulme Emeritus Professor in the university's School of History, Classics and Archaeology. Stafford took his B.A. at Downing College, Cambridge, in 1963. He then undertook postgraduate study at the University of London, taking an M.A. and finally his Ph.D. in history in 1968. Stafford served in the British Diplomatic Service at the Foreign Office from 1967 to 1968. He then took up an appointment as research associate (1968–70) at the Centre of International Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He then became assistant professor of history (1970–76) at Canada's University of Victoria in British Columbia. He was promoted to professor of history (1982–84). He then became director of studies (1985–86) and executive director (1986–92) at the Canadian Institute of International Affairs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. From 2000, he became projects director at the Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars. Stafford is noted for his works concerning Winston Churchill and British intelligence, various aspects of the Second World War, and twentieth-century intelligence and espionage. More
New York: Macmillan, c1980. First Printing. 24 cm, 329, illus., footnotes, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat discolored, some wear and tears to DJ edges. More
New York: Macmillan, c1980. First Printing. 24 cm, 329, illus., footnotes, bibliography, index, rear DJ somewhat discolored, a few small tears to lower DJ edge. More
New York: Villard Books, 1983. First Edition [stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm. xxvii, [1], 321, [3] pages, Former owner's ink notation on flyleaf. DJ front flap price clipped. Sticker residue and staining on rear DJ. Chronicles the post-World War II activities of Sir William Stephenson, who was known as "Intrepid" during the war. This is Intrepid against the KGB. William Henry Stevenson (1 June 1924 – 26 November 2013) was a British-born Canadian author and journalist. His 1976 book A Man Called Intrepid was about William Stephenson (no relation) and was a best-seller. It was made into a 1979 mini-series starring David Niven. Stevenson followed it in 1983 with another book, Intrepid's Last Case. He published his autobiography in 2012. In 1976 Stevenson released the book, 90 Minutes at Entebbe. It was about Operation Entebbe, an operation where Israeli commandos landed at night at Entebbe Airport in Uganda and succeeded in rescuing the passengers of an airliner hijacked by Palestinian militants, while incurring very few casualties. Stevenson's "instant book" was written, edited, printed and available for sale within weeks of the event it described. More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 486 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Index, bookplate and ink name and date inside front board, boards somewhat soiled and some edge wear. William Henry Stevenson (1 June 1924 – 26 November 2013) was a British-born Canadian author and journalist. His 1976 book A Man Called Intrepid was about William Stephenson (no relation) and was a best-seller. Stevenson followed it in 1983 with another book, Intrepid's Last Case. He published his autobiography in 2012. In 1976 Stevenson released the book, 90 Minutes at Entebbe. It was about Operation Entebbe, an operation where Israeli commandos landed at night at Entebbe Airport in Uganda and succeeded in rescuing the passengers of an airliner hi-jacked by Palestinian militants, while incurring very few casualties. Stevenson's "instant book" was written, edited, printed and available for sale within weeks of the event it described. More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. First Edition [Stated]. Hardcover. xxv, [1], 486 pages. Illustrations. Maps. A Foreword by Intrepid. A Historical Note by Charles Howard Ellis. Valediction. Index. DJ has wear, tears, chips and soiling. Some discoloration of the boards but pages clear. An account of the intelligence activities of William Stephenson, code name Intrepid, and of the world's first integrated intelligence network, established in 1940 by Stephenson under the joint aegis of Churchill and Roosevelt. This work has been described as the Authentic Account of the Most Significant Secret Diplomacy and Decisive Intelligence Operations of World War II. William Henry Stevenson (1 June 1924 – 26 November 2013) was a British-born Canadian author and journalist. His 1976 book A Man Called Intrepid was about William Stephenson and was a bestseller. Stevenson followed it in 1983 with another book, Intrepid's Last Case. He published his autobiography in 2012. In 1976 Stevenson released the book, 90 Minutes at Entebbe. It was about Operation Entebbe, an operation where Israeli commandos landed at night at Entebbe Airport in Uganda and succeeded in rescuing the passengers of an airliner hijacked by Palestinian militants, while incurring very few casualties. Stevenson's "instant book" was written, edited, printed and available for sale within weeks of the event it described. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918. 21 cm, 275, illus., front DJ flap price clipped, DJ edges worn, top and bottom spine edges and corners worn, small portion of DJ missing. More