A brilliantly arresting historical work John Lewis Gaddis' The Cold War" takes us as never before to the time when the world stood on the brink of destruction. In 1945 war came to an end. But a whole new terror was only just beginning... Here is the truth behind every spy thriller you've read: why America & the Soviet Union became locked in a deadly stalemate; how close we came to nuclear catastrophe; what was really going on in the minds of leaders from Stalin to Mao Zedong Ronald Reagan to Mikhail Gorbachev how secret agents plotted & East German holidaymakers helped the Berlin Wall fall. It is a story of crisis talks & subterfuge tyrants & power struggles
- & of ordinary people changing the course of history. " Gripping". (Len Deighton). " Superb.. .brimful of racy incident". (" Independent on Sunday"). "A lively & readable history". (" The Times"). " Force 9 on the Richter scale". (" Spectator"). John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University & 'the dean of cold war historians' (" The New York Times"). He is the author of numerous books including " Security" & the " American Experience" the book recently pressed on his cabinet & senior security staff by President Bush."
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Cold War is the story of the half-century since the end of the Second World War
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The historical & cultural aspects of the Cold War have been much studied yet its physical manifestations in England
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This guide exposes the reality behind the war between capitalism & communism two ideologies divided by the Iron Curtain. New revelations show that what was once regarded as simply a struggle between good & evil was in fact a far more complex affair. Merrilyn Thomas peels back the layers of deception & intrigue & offers a penetrating assessment of the legacy of instability that continues today. ...

A body hangs from a wind turbine a bullet hole in his chest: Earl Alden millionaire property developer. His wife Missy is the prime suspect. It wouldnt be a problem for Joe Pickett if Missy werent his mother-in-law. Missy claims shes innocent & for his wifes sake Joe would like to believe her...but all the early signs point to her being as guilty as sin. With his wife on one side & the law on the other Joe needs to get to the truth before his family is ripped apart."" ...

In a stunning first novel renowned hip-hop artist writer & activist Sister Souljah brings the streets of New York to life with ...

The spine-tingling thriller about a depraved female serial killer from the Sunday Times & New York Times bestselling author. Jordan Price doesn't look like your typical serial killer... Young & beautiful she exudes innocence & vulnerability. But after her latest husband dies in mysterious circumstances Rick Carson is forced to consider her capable of cold-blooded murder. The deeper he delves into the string of deaths which stalk Jordan the more dangerous the game of cat-&-mouse becomes. The targets are changing & suddenly no one is safe. If Jordan is as innocent as she claims Rick may have placed in a brutal killer's crosshairs. But if she's guilty Rick will pay in blood... ...

In Colditz: The Full Story" Major Pat Reid brings together the many dramatic discoveries resulting from research that has covered the five continents. From all walks of life Belgian Czech Dutch French German & Polish prisoners
- as well as those from the British Commonwealth & USA
- were incarcerated in suffocating intimacy for five years in an alien & hostile l&. Under these conditions they proved that men could live together & that loyalty & generosity could thrive transcending the natural prejudices of race creed language & intellectual diversity. There were more than 300 escape attempts at Colditz & in this fascinating portrayal Reid vividly describes this unique period in Second World War history. Furthermore he reveals the code systems between the War Office & Colditz; shows how he obtained information on Germanys secret weapons; & investigates the existence of traitors & the situation of non-collaborators in the castle. This is a true story which nonetheless possesses the mythical qualities that cause a legend to live forever."

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Reinhold Eggers one of the German staff who was Security Officer during the last years at Colditz. It is a compilation of the most spectacular escape attempts written by the escapers themselves. Eggers supports the stories with extracts from his Colditz diary which ran to 26 copybooks with stories about the German staff & their characters & a short account of the end of his war when he became a prisoner himself. It has some memorably funny moments (especially the tale of Max & Moritz who filled in on parades)" ...

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