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Red line : the unraveling of Syria and America's race to destroy the most dangerous arsenal in the world / by Warrick, Joby,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Black Flags, the harrowing story of America's mission in Syria: to find and destroy Syria's chemical weapons and defeat ISIS--only to lose control of both In August 2012, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war. Concerned that Assad might resort to chemical weapons, President Obama warned that any such use would cross "a red line," warranting an American military response. When a year later Assad bombed the Damascus suburb of Ghouta with sarin gas, killing hundreds, Obama was torn between living up to America's word and becoming mired in another unpopular Middle Eastern war. So when Russia offered to store Syria's chemical weapons, Obama leaped at the out. So begins a race to find, remove, and destroy 1,300 tons of chemical weapons in the middle of Syria's civil war. Told in harrowing detail, the effort is a tactical triumph for the Americans, but soon Russia's long game becomes clear: it has UN cover to assist a close ally, Assad. As the Russians block attempts to check for chemical weapons that might have been missed, American realizes that ISIS seeks to secure them for itself. Red Line is a classic Joby Warrick true-life thriller: a character-driven narrative with a cast of heroes and villains, including weapons hunters, politicians, commandos, diplomats, and spies. Through original reporting and eyewitness accounts from direct participants, Joby Warrick reveals how a well-intentioned effort to save Syrian lives touched off a chain of events that would rescue a dictator, sustain a terrorist movement, unleash torrents of refugees, humiliate two U.S. presidents, and empower Russia and Iran"--
Subjects: IS (Organization); Chemical weapons disposal; Chemical weapons; Terrorism;
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The Americans. [videorecording] / by Long, Chris(Director),film director.; Rhys, Matthew,1974-actor.; Russell, Keri,1976-actor.; Schlamme, Thomas,film director.; Taylor, Holly,1997-actor.;
Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Holly Taylor, Keidrich Sellati, Noah Emmerich.Originally broadcast on television in 2016.Two undercover KGB agents pose as a married American couple in order to spy on the United States government during the Cold War.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Spy television programs.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti; Cold War; Espionage; Espionage, Soviet; Intelligence service; Spies; Subversive activities;
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Madam Secretary. [videorecording] / by Carradine, Keith,1949-actor.; Daly, Tim,1956-actor.; Ivanek, Željko,1957-actor.; Leoni, Téa,1966-actor.; Neuwirth, Bebe,actor.; Ramirez, Sara,actor.; CBS Studios Inc.,production company.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,publisher.;
Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Keith Carradine, Željko Ivanek, Sara Ramirez.When the U.S. Secretary of State is killed in a mysterious plane crash, former CIA analyst Dr. Elizabeth McCord (Tea Leoni) is recruited to replace him. But while McCord has an excellent understanding of the dangers the country faces in the modern world, nothing could have prepared her for the complexities of the American political machine.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Political television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Cabinet officers; Families; International relations; Women cabinet officers; Women presidential candidates;
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Madam Secretary. [videorecording] / by Carradine, Keith,1949-actor.; Daly, Tim,1956-actor.; Ivanek, Željko,1957-actor.; Leoni, Téa,1966-actor.; Neuwirth, Bebe,actor.; Ramirez, Sara,actor.; CBS Studios Inc.,production company.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,publisher.;
Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Keith Carradine, Željko Ivanek, Sara Ramirez.Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. No crisis is out of control for Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord. Thinking outside the box and acting outside political protocol make McCord a force to be reckoned with both stateside and overseas, along with support from her CIA operative husband Henry, Chief of Staff Jay, policy advisor Kat, and of course, President Dalton. As McCord prepares to transition from her office to a presidential campaign, she's going to need all the help she can get.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Political television programs.; Cabinet officers; Families; International relations; Women cabinet officers; Women presidential candidates;
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MBS : the rise to power of Mohammed bin Salman / by Hubbard, Ben,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.MBS is the untold story of how a mysterious young prince emerged from Saudi Arabia's sprawling royal family to overhaul the economy and society of the richest country in the Middle East--and gather as much power as possible into his own hands. Since his father, King Salman, ascended to the throne in 2015, Mohammed bin Salman has leveraged his influence to restructure the kingdom's economy, loosen its strict Islamic social codes, and confront its enemies around the region, especially Iran. That vision won him fans at home and on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley, in Hollywood, and at the White House, where President Trump embraced the prince as a key player in his own vision for the Middle East. But over time, the sheen of the visionary young reformer has become tarnished, leaving many struggling to determine whether MBS is in fact a rising dictator whose inexperience and rash decisions are destabilizing the world's most volatile region. Based on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews, MBS reveals the machinations behind the kingdom's catastrophic military intervention in Yemen, the bizarre detention of princes and businessmen in the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton, and the shifting Saudi relationships with Israel and the United States. And finally, it sheds new light on the greatest scandal of the young autocrat's rise: the brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul, a crime that shook Saudi Arabia's relationship with Washington and left the world wondering whether MBS could get away with murder. MBS is a riveting, eye-opening account of how the young prince has wielded vast powers to reshape his kingdom and the world around him.
Subjects: Biographies.; Āl Saʻūd, Muḥammad bin Salmān bin ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, 1985-;
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Spirit Bear : echoes of the past : based on a true story / by Blackstock, Cindy.; Spotted Fawn Productions.;
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Subjects: Spirit Bear (Personnage fictif); Spirit Bear (Fictitious character); Autochtones; Autochtones; Attitudes envers les Indiens d'Amérique; Canadiens; Native peoples; Native peoples; Indians, Treatment of; National characteristics, Canadian;
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Last night at the Telegraph Club / by Lo, Malinda.;
Includes bibliographical references and filmography.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Teenage girls; Lesbians; Chinese Americans; Lesbian bars; Identity (Psychology); Race relations; Cold War;
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The Americans. [videorecording] / by Rhys, Matthew,1974-actor.; Russell, Keri,1976-actor.; Taylor, Holly,1997-actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.;
Keri Russell, Holly Taylor, Matthew Rhys.It is 1987, and an imminent Gorbachev-Reagan nuclear arms summit promises to ease world tensions. But life for the Jennings family is more precarious than ever: Elizabeth's relentless dedication as a KGB agent has dealt a potentially lethal blow to her marriage to Philip, who has left espionage behind. As Philip's friendship with FBI agent Stan Beeman grows, the danger of exposure of the family 'business,' which now includes Paige, reaches crisis level.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Spy television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Cold War; Espionage; Espionage, Soviet; Intelligence service; Spies; Subversive activities;
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Collusion : secret meetings, dirty money, and how Russia helped Donald Trump win / by Harding, Luke,1968-author.;
Subjects: Trump, Donald, 1946-; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Elections; Espionage, Russian.; Political corruption; Political corruption; Political culture; Political culture; Presidents; Security, International;
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Den of spies : Reagan, Carter, and the secret history of the treason that stole the White House / by Unger, Craig,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Argo meets Spotlight, as journalist Craig Unger, New York Times bestselling author of American Kompromat and House of Bush, House of Saud, reveals his thirty-year investigation into the secret collusion between Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and Iran, raising urgent questions about what happens when foreign meddling in our elections goes unpunished and what gets remembered when the political price for treason is victory. It was a tinderbox of an accusation. In April 1991, the New York Times ran an op-ed alleging that Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign had conspired with the Iranian government to delay the release of 52 American hostages until after the 1980 election. The Iranian hostage crisis was President Jimmy Carter's largest political vulnerability, and his lack of success freeing them ultimately sealed his fate at the ballot box. In return for keeping Americans in captivity until Reagan assumed the oath of office, the Republicans had secretly funneled arms to Iran. Treasonous and illegal, the operation - planned and executed by Reagan's campaign manager Bill Casey - amounted to a shadow foreign policy run by private citizens that ensured Reagan's victory. Investigative journalist Craig Unger was one of the first reporters covering the October Surprise - initially for Esquire and then Newsweek - and while attempting to unravel the mystery, he was fired, sued, and ostracized by the Washington press corps, as a counter narrative took hold: The October Surprise was a hoax. Though Unger later recovered his name and became a bestselling author on Republican abuses of power, the October Surprise remained his white whale, the project he - as well as legendary investigative journalist, the late Robert Parry - worked on late at night and between assignments. In Den of spies, Unger reveals the definitive story of the October Surprise, going inside his three-decade reporting odyssey, along with Parry's never-before-seen archives, and sharing startling truths about what really happened in 1980. The result is a real-life political thriller filled with double agents, CIA operatives, slippery politicians, KGB documents, wealthy Republicans, and dogged journalists. A timely and provocative history that presages our Trump-era political scandals, Den of spies demonstrates the stakes of allowing the politics of the moment to obscure the writing of our history"--
Subjects: Foreign interference in elections; Foreign interference in elections; Intelligence service; Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.; Military assistance, American; Political corruption; Presidents;
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