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From Warsaw with Love : Polish Spies, the CIA, and the Forging of an Unlikely Alliance / John Pomfret.
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Pomfret, John, 1959-
Publisher:
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
Description:
xii, 273 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-270).
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I. Cold War capers -- Chapter 1. Tinseltown espionage -- Chapter 2. Tennis, anyone? -- Chapter 3. The American bear -- Chapter 4. True confessions -- Chapter 5. The Bridge of Spies -- Part II. An unlikely alliance -- Chapter 6. Playing footsie -- Chapter 7. The bear comes knocking -- Chapter 8. Shall we dance? -- Chapter 9. Don't blow It up -- Part III. Perilous partnership -- Chapter 10. Baghdad surprise -- Chapter 11. No exit -- Chapter 12. Didn't Get the Memo -- Chapter 13. The floodgates open -- Chapter 14. Slouching toward NATO -- Chapter 15. The Prime Minister is a spy! -- Chapter 16. Missing bin Laden -- Chapter 17. Black site bargain -- Chapter 18. Betrayed -- Chapter 19. Under the bus -- Part IV. Marriage with hippos -- Chapter 20. Same bed, different dreams -- Chapter 21. What is to be done?
ISBN:
9781250296054 (hardcover)
9781250296061 (ebook)
Book Jacket:
"In 1990, less than a year after the Polish people participated in their first democratic election since the 1930s, the young Polish government sent a veteran spy, who had battled the West for decades, to rescue six American officers trapped in Baghdad. The CIA had asked the Polish government for help, as the U.S. was desperately cobbling together allies to counter Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. The captured Americans held valuable intelligence and were they compromised, it could've spelled ruin for Desert Storm. John Pomfret's gripping account of the highly unusual mission reveals the surprising relationship between Poland and the U.S. The CIA had long been a fan of the tradecraft of Polish intelligence officers who back during the Carter administration had robbed America of its military secrets. Once the Berlin Wall fell, the agency signed Poland's ex-communist spies on as allies and they worked for America around the world. This cooperation didn't end with Poland's accession to NATO in 1999. Polish operatives conducted operations for America in Iran and North Korea. After 9/11, the Polish government even allowed the CIA to open a so-called black site in Poland to interrogate and waterboard suspected terrorists. As the U.S. teeters on the edge of a new cold war with Russia and China, Pomfret, who first uncovered this story during his long career at the Washington Post, revisits these little-known events as a reminder of the importance of allies in a dangerous world."--BOOK JACKET.
Eurovoc French:
espionnage
service secret
relation diplomatique
histoire contemporaine
États-Unis
Pologne
Eurovoc English:
espionage
secret service
diplomatic relations
contemporary history
United States
Poland
Eurovoc Polish:
szpiegostwo
tajne służby
stosunki dyplomatyczne
historia współczesna
Stany Zjednoczone
Polska
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