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Random House, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. CONDITION: NEW 2019 Random House hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. CONTENT: "I've read kind of all the books on this subject . . . and this is the one you want to read."-Rachel Maddow Before Ukraine, before impeachment: This is the never-before-told inside story of the high-stakes, four-year-long investigation into Donald Trump's Russia ties-culminating in the Steele dossier, and sparking the Mueller report-from the founders of political opposition research company Fusion GPS. Fusion GPS was founded in 2010 by Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, two former reporters at The Wall Street Journal who decided to abandon the struggling news business and use their reporting skills to conduct open-source investigations for businesses and law firms-and opposition research for political candidates. In the fall of 2015, they were hired to look into the finances of Donald Trump. What began as a march through a… Read More

Potomac Books, 2011. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2011 Potomac Books trade paperback, first PB edition, first printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: The Cold War continues to shape international relations almost twenty years after being acknowledged as the central event of the last half of the twentieth century. Interpretations of how it ended thus remain crucial to an accurate understanding of global events and foreign policy. The reasons for the Cold War's conclusion, and the timing of its ending, are disputed to this day. In this concise introduction to the Cold War and its enduring legacy, John Prados recognizes the debate between those who argue the United States was the key player in bringing it to a close and those who maintain that American actions were secondary factors. Like a crime scene investigator meticulously dissecting evidence, he applies a succession of different methods of historical analysis to… Read More

Viking, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. B&W era photo section. CONDITION: NEW 2017 Viking hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, 1st edition, 1st printing. Fascinating B&W era photo section. CONTENT: In 1946, master sergeant Donald Nichols was repairing jeeps on the sleepy island of Guam when he caught the eye of recruiters from the army's Counter Intelligence Corps. After just three months' training, he was sent to Korea, then a backwater beneath the radar of MacArthur's Pacific Command. Though he lacked the pedigree of most U.S. spies-Nichols was a 7th grade dropout-he quickly metamorphosed from army mechanic to black ops phenomenon. He insinuated himself into the affections of America's chosen puppet in South Korea, President Syngman Rhee, and became a pivotal player in the Korean War, warning months in advance about the North Korean invasion, breaking enemy codes, and identifying most of the targets destroyed by American bombs in North Korea.… Read More

Skyhorse Publishing, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2017 Skyhorse hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. While the font size is larger than normal, it's not actually "large print" either. Odd. CONTENT: The incredible true story of a British physicist who was an undercover spy for the Soviets. The world first heard of Klaus Fuchs, the head of theoretical physics at the British Research Establishment at Harwell in February 1950 when he appeared at the Old Bailey, accused of passing secrets to the Soviet Union. For over sixty years disinformation and lies surrounded the story of Klaus Fuchs as the Governments of Britain, the United States and Russia all tried to cover up the truth about his treachery. Piecing together the story from archives in Britain, the United States, Russia and Germany, The Spy Who Changed the World unravels the truth about Fuchs and reveals for the first time his long career of espionage. It… Read More