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Penguin history of the United States ; v. 5Lichtblau, Eric.
Summary: "The shocking story of how America became one of the world's safest postwar havens for Nazis. Until recently, historians believed America gave asylum only to key Nazi scientists after World War II, along with some less famous perpetrators who managed to sneak in and who eventually were exposed by Nazi hunters. But the truth is much worse, and has been covered up for decades: the CIA and FBI...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 324.1 LICStephanopoulos, George
Summary: "George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years host of This Week and Good Morning America, recounts never-before-told crises that decided the course of history, from the place 12 presidents made their highest-pressure decisions: the White House Situation Room. No room better defines American power and its role in the world than the White House...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 973.09 STECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.09 STEThompson, Nicholas
Summary: Only two Americans held positions of great influence throughout the Cold War; ironically, they were the chief advocates for the opposing strategies in that harrowing conflict. Both came to power during World War II, reached their professional peaks during the Cold War's most frightening moments, and fought epic political battles that spanned decades. Yet despite their very different views, Paul...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 THOBurrows, William E.
Summary: Unknown to the public and cloaked in the utmost secrecy, the United States flew missions against the Communist bloc almost continuously during the Cold War in a desperate effort to collect intelligence and find targets for all-out nuclear war. The only hint of the relentless, clandestine operations came when one of the planes was shot down. Many of the air force and navy flyers were killed on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.1273 BURGrandin, Greg
Summary: Grandin offers a new perspective on America's most controversial diplomat and his continuing influence, arguing that Kissinger's militarized version of American exceptionalism has led to never-ending wars abroad and political polarization at home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 KISSINGER, HENRY GraChristopher, Warren.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 CHRDevine, Jack
Summary: A CIA veteran with extensive experience in covert operations presents a guide to the art of spycraft while illuminating the CIA's essential role, sharing a cautionary message about its recent transition toward paramilitary activities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DEVINE, JACK DEVFreeman, Joshua Benjamin.
Summary: Examines the movements and developments that propelled the United States to world dominance, covering the transformations of World War II, the tragedies that shaped American civic life, and the loss of individual liberty to private corporations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 FREChace, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ACHBurns, William J. (William Joseph)
Summary: "Ambassador William J. Burns is the most distinguished and admired American diplomat of the last half century. Over the course of four decades, he played a central role in the most consequential diplomatic episodes of his time--from the bloodless end of the Cold War to post-Cold War relations with Putin's Russia, from post-9/11 tumult in the Middle East to the secret nuclear talks with Iran....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BURNS, WILLIAM J BURLeebaert, Derek.
Summary: This first cohesively integrated history of the Cold War is replete with important lessons for today. Drawing upon literature, strategy, biography, and economics--plus an inside perspective from the intelligence community--Derek Leebaert explores what Americans sacrificed at the same time that they achieved the longest great-power peace since Rome fell. Why did they commit so much in wealth and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 LEEDallek, Robert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Collins 2007