1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953531603321

Autore

Carr Barnes

Titolo

Operation Whisper : the capture of Soviet spies Morris and Lona Cohen / / Barnes Carr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lebanon, NH : , : ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

9781611689396

1611689392

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 320 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates)

Disciplina

327.47073092/2

Soggetti

Espionage, Soviet - Great Britain

Espionage, Soviet - United States

Spies - Soviet Union

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Recruits -- Security Matter C -- Student radical -- Spain calling -- Dangerous crossing -- The elite of the internationals -- Code name Luis -- Part II. Professionals -- Volunteer activated -- Ghouls and dead doubles -- The agent who never was -- A balance of terror -- Mission to Albuquerque -- All networks blown -- A grave situation -- Agents on the run -- Part III. Masters -- Whispers of suspicion -- House of secrets -- Lock, stock, and barrel -- A Macbeth moment -- A most disgraceful case -- Swaps and a daring escape.

Sommario/riassunto

The true story of the master spies who stole the atomic bomb



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955569403321

Autore

Schier Steven E

Titolo

Panorama of a presidency : how George W. Bush acquired and spent his political capital / / Steven E. Schier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Armonk, N.Y., : M.E. Sharpe, c2009

ISBN

1-317-46324-2

1-315-70190-1

1-317-46325-0

1-282-11943-5

9786612119439

0-7656-2356-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

973.931092

Soggetti

Political capital - United States - History - 21st century

United States Politics and government 2001-2009

United States Foreign relations 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2009 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-190) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Panorama of a Presidency; Contents; PREFACE; 1. The Presidency; 2. Public Politics; 3. Washington Governance; 4. Domestic Policy; 5. Foreign Policy; 6. Legacies; Appendix: Events of the George W. Bush Presidency; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first analysis to place the George W. Bush presidency in a broad historical and theoretical context. Author Steven E. Schier goes beyond the perspective of contemporary political commentary to provide the first dispassionate, even-handed assessment Bush's years in office.