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A foreign country / by Cumming, Charles,1971-;
Subjects: Spy stories.; Suspense fiction.; Great Britain. MI6; Military intelligence; Missing persons; Undercover operations;
© 2012., St. Martin's Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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2054 : a novel / by Ackerman, Elliot,author.; Stavridis, James,author.;
This second entry in the 'Admiral James Stavridis' series is an explosive work of speculative fiction set 20 years further in the future, at a moment when a radical leap forward in artificial intelligence combines with America's violent partisan divide to create an existential threat to the country -- and the world.
Subjects: War fiction.; Novels.; Artificial intelligence; Cyberspace operations (Military science); Civil war;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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First platoon : a story of modern war in the age of identity dominance / by Jacobsen, Annie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An urgent investigation into warfare in the age of biometrics, and the dangerous implications of new technologies that would allow the government to identify anyone, anywhere, at any time"--
Subjects: United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 73rd. Squadron, 4th.; United States. Army; Afghan War, 2001-; Biometric identification; Terrorists; Military intelligence;
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Nuking the moon : and other intelligence schemes and military plots left on the drawing board / by Houghton, Vince,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In Nuking the Moon, intelligence historian Vince Houghton proves that abandoned plans can be just as illuminating--and every bit as entertaining--as the ones that made it. Vividly capturing the fascinating stories of how twenty-one plans from WWII and the Cold War went from conception, planning, and testing to cancellation, Houghton explores what happens when innovation meets desperation: For every plan as good as D-Day, there's a scheme to strap bombs to bats or dig a spy tunnel underneath the Soviet embassy. Along the way, he reveals what each one tells us about twentieth-century history, the art of spycraft, military strategy, and famous figures like JFK, Castro, and Churchill. By turns terrifying and hilarious--but always riveting--this is the unique story of history left on the drawing board"--
Subjects: Military research; Military intelligence; Espionage, American; Strategy.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Siege A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World [electronic resource] : by Macintyre, Ben.aut; cloudLibrary;
A brilliant, seat-of-your-pants hostage-taking and daring SAS rescue mission of the Iran Embassy in London in 1980, this is Ben Macintyre at the very height of his story-telling powers. On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Prince’s Gate, overlooking Hyde Park in London. There, they took 26 hostages, including embassy staff, visitors, and three British citizens. A tense six-day siege ensued—all on television, over a Bank Holiday weekend—in which police negotiators and psychiatrists sought a bloodless end to the standoff, while the SAS laid plans for a daring rescue mission: Operation Nimrod. This mission marked a fundamental turning point in global history, when Middle Eastern terrorism arrived in the West. Britain had experienced IRA terrorism before, but never an international terrorist incident on this scale. It was a precursor to the brutal Iran-Iraq War that would follow, in which millions perished. Yet there exists to this day no full account of the week-long siege and gripping rescue. Drawing on interviews with police, hostages, terrorists and key SAS figures, and cutting through the sensationalism and misinformation, bestselling historian Ben Macintyre (author of Sunday Times #1s Colditz, The Spy and the Traitor and SAS: Rogue Heroes) goes deep into the archives with exclusive access to tell the story of what really happened and give the first definitive account of a moment that forever changed the way the nation thought about the SAS—and itself.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Military; 20th Century; Intelligence & Espionage;
© 2024., McClelland & Stewart,
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Need to know : World War II and the rise of American intelligence / by Reynolds, Nicholas E.,author.;
"The entire vast, modern American intelligence system-the amalgam of three-letter spy services of many stripes-can be traced back to the dire straits the world faced at the dawn of World War II. Prior to 1940, the United States had no organization to recruit spies and steal secrets or launch covert campaigns against enemies overseas and just a few codebreakers, isolated in windowless vaults. It was only through Winston Churchill's determination to mobilize the US in the fight against Hitler that the first American spy service was born, built from scratch against the background of the Second World War. In Need to Know, Nicholas Reynolds explores the birth, infancy, and adolescence of modern American intelligence. In this first-ever look across the entirety of the war effort, Reynolds combines little-known history and gripping spy stories to analyze the origins of American codebreakers and spies as well as their contributions to Allied victory, revealing how they laid the foundation for the Cold War-and beyond." --publisher's website.
Subjects: United States. Office of Strategic Services.; Espionage; Intelligence service; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Operation Columba : the Secret Pigeon Service : the untold story of World War II resistance in Europe / by Corera, Gordon,author.; Corera, Gordon.Secret Pigeon Service.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Great Britain. MI6; Homing pigeons; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Camp X / by Walters, Eric,1957-;
In 1943, two boys accidentally discover Canada's top-secret spy camp and find themselves enlisted in the fight against the Axis."Ages 8 to 12"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Great Britain. Special Operations Executive. Special Training School 103 (Whitby, Ont.); World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© 2013, c2002., Penguin Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A spy in exile : a thriller / by De Shalit, Jonathan,author.; Cohen, Steven(Translator),translator.; De Shalit, Jonathan.Cadets.English.;
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Israel. Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim; Women intelligence officers; Intelligence officers; Special operations (Military science); Spies;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Double cross [sound recording] / by Macintyre, Ben,1963-; Lee, John.;
Read by John Lee.Traces the sophisticated D-Day operation through which extraordinary spies deceived the Nazis about the location of the Allied attack, profiling the successful Double Cross System and the remarkable individuals who used the program to save thousands of lives.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Deception (Military science); Espionage; Spies; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© p2012., Random House Audio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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