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Author
Publisher
ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xi, 320 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Born and raised in the Bronx and recruited to play football at Mississippi State, Morris Cohen fought for the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War and with the U.S. Army in World War II. He and his wife, Lona, were as American as football and fried chicken, but for one detail: they'd spent their entire adult lives stealing American military secrets for the Soviet Union. And not just any military secrets, but a complete working plan of the first atomic...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
xvi, 267 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination of President Kennedy in 1963 remains one of the most horrifying and hotly debated crimes in American history. Just as perplexing as the assassination is the assassin himself; the twenty-four-year-old Oswald's hazy background and motivations-and his subsequent murder at the hands of Jack Ruby-make him an intriguing yet frustratingly enigmatic figure. Because Oswald briefly defected to the Soviet Union, some historians...
3) Dead doubles: the extraordinary worldwide hunt for one of the Cold War's most notorious spy rings
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xviii, 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An account of one of the most notorious spy cases from the Cold War traces the 1961 international manhunt for five Soviet spies whose activities exposed the shadowy world of deep-cover KGB operatives.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xix, 264 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The thrilling, true story of the race to find a leak in the United States Embassy in Moscow--before more American assets are rounded up and killed. Foreword by Gen. Michael V. Hayden (Retd.), Former Director of NSA & CIA In the late 1970s, the National Security Agency still did not officially exist--those in the know referred to it dryly as the No Such Agency. So why, when NSA engineer Charles Gandy filed for a visa to visit Moscow, did the Russian...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The gripping biography of a notorious Cold War villain--the German-born British scientist who handed the Soviets top-secret American plans for the plutonium bomb--showing a man torn between conventional loyalties and a sense of obligation to a greater good"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"The little-known story of a spy on the atom-bomb project in World War II who had top security clearance -- American born, Soviet trained, he was never even suspected until after his information was in Soviet hands and he was safe in the USSR. It's LeCarre and "The Americans" for real"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the globe, the two nations begin a neck-and-neck competition to build even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race. In their battle for dominance,...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
xvii, 348 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Duncan Chaplin Lee was one of the highest-ranking moles in the wartime U.S. intelligence apparatus. Lee was chief aide to William "Wild Bill" Donovan, the fabled head of the Office of Strategic Services and grandfather of the CIA. During World War II, Lee's political sympathies and desire to advance the fight against fascism led him to leak highly classified information to the Soviets. J. Edgar Hoover would tirelessly trace Lee's movements in an...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
x, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
This book transports the reader to a turbulent era in which fascism and Communism are on the rise and America retreats from the world. Noel Field joined the secret underground of the international Communist movement during a time of national collapse, when Communism promised the righting of all social and political wrongs. Many in Field's generation were seduced by its siren song, but none paid a higher price for his betrayal of his country and his...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
394 pages : 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A thrilling tale of love, loyalty, and espionage, based on the incredible true story of Elizabeth Bentley, a Cold War double agent spying for the Russians and the United States, from USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Marie Thornton. 1963: Reeling from the death of her mother and President Kennedy's assassination, Catherine Gray shows up on Elizabeth Bentley's doorstep demanding answers to the shocking mystery just uncovered about her family....
Series
Americans volume Season 1
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 572 minutes)
Language
English
Description
Secrets can be deadly in this suspenseful thriller about undercover Russian spies in 1980s Washington D.C. Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings seem to be a typical suburban couple, but they're actually lethal KGB agents plotting to bring down America. As the Cold War escalates, Philip and Elizabeth must take extreme measures to continue their mission to keep their true identities hidden. But when an FBI agent movies in across the street, they become ensnared...
Series
Americans volume Season 2
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 585 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Technological advances have escalated Cold War tensions to an all-time high, and undercover KGB operatives Elizabeth and Philip Jennings face the growing threat of discovery. As their assignments grow more deadly, their family is in more danger, and their loyalties are tested like never before.
Series
Americans volume Season 3
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 450 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Philip and Elizabeth find themselves at odds over their daughter's future now that the KGB is determined to recruit her. FBI agent Stan Beeman rededicates himself to uncovering the identities of the Russian spies.
Series
Americans volume Season 5
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 585 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Danger, disillusionment, and betrayal reach an all-time high in the suspense-laced fifth season of The Americans. KGB agents Philip and Elizabeth Jennings' unwavering dedication to their work comes at even more of a personal cost than before. And as Paige is drawn deeper into the reality of her parents' secret job, she realizes she will never have a normal life. Meanwhile, as Cold War tensions continue to escalate, Philip and Elizabeth are suspicious...
16) The spy who changed history: the untold story of how the Soviet Union stole America's top secrets
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xx, 476 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"On the trail of Soviet infiltrator Stanislav Shumovsky, codenamed Agent BLÉRIOT, Svetlana Lokhova takes the reader on a thrilling journey through Stalin's most audacious intelligence operation. On a sunny September day in 1931, a Soviet spy walked down the gangplank of the luxury transatlantic liner SS Europa and into New York. Attracting no attention, Stanislav Shumovsky had completed his journey from Moscow to enroll at a top American university....