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Espionage Non-Fiction Books
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- 20th Century
- 10 visitors recommend:
We Die Alone: A World War II Epic of Escape and Endurance
Source: Amazon
Author: David Howarth
- If this story of espionage and survival were a novel, readers might dismiss the Shackleton-like exploits of its hero as too fantastic to be taken seriously. But respected historian David Howarth confirmed the details of Jan Baalsrud's riveting tale ... astonishing stuff." (1999)
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- 4 visitors recommend:
The Brigade: An Epic Story of Vengeance, Salvation, and World War II
Source: Amazon
Author: Howard Blum
Country: United Kingdom
- A look into the clandestine operations of the Jewish Brigade Group, a unit of some 5,000 Jews who fought with the British Eighth Army in Italy in the waning months of the war. Once they learned the true extent of the holocaust, soldiers of the brigade began using intelligence reports to pinpoint the location of former SS officers and camp guards and take vengeance. (2001)
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Anthony Blunt: His Lives
Source: Amazon
Author: Miranda Carter
Country: United Kingdom
- From an Amazon reader: "This superb biography reveals in depth the many 'lives' led by art historian spy Anthony Blunt who worked concurrently for British and Soviet espionage agencies during WW II, but actually betrayed his homeland)." (2002)
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