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Escaped prisoners of war Drama Feature films Foreign films Intelligence service United States History Motion pictures, German Prisoner-of-war escapes Drama Prisoners of war Drama United States History 1945- World War, 1939-1945 Drama World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, German DramaWeiner, Tim.
Summary: Based largely on documents declassified only in the last few years, One Man Against the World paints a devastating portrait of a tortured yet brilliant man who led the country largely according to a deep-seated insecurity and distrust of not only his cabinet and congress, but the American population at large. In riveting, tick-tock prose, Weiner illuminates how the Vietnam War and the Watergate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NIXON, RICHARD WEIWeiner, Tim
Summary: "With vivid storytelling and access to insider accounts, Weiner sets out to trace the roots of Russian-American political warfare--conflict waged without weapons--over the last seven decades to understand how a president landed in the White House with thehelp of an expansive, covert Russian campaign. Russia's modern revival of Soviet-era intelligence operations constitutes one of the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.73 WEIWeiner, Tim.
Summary: Presents the history of the FBI's secret intelligence operations, detailing how the bureau has been used to conduct political warfare, and how it became the most powerful intelligence service in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 363.25 WEIWeiner, Tim.
Summary: Here is the hidden history of the CIA: why eleven presidents and three generations of CIA officers have been unable to understand the world; why nearly every CIA director has left the agency in worse shape than he found it; and how these failures have profoundly jeopardized our national security. For sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 327.127 WEISummary: Hans, a fruit peddler, watches his unexceptional life disintegrate. Seduced and rejected to the point of a nervous breakdown, Hans drinks himself to death as he toasts his loved ones at the dinner table.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wellspring Media 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MERSummary: One of the most exciting adventure tales ever told, this action epic recounts the planning, execution, and aftermath of a daring true-life escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, in which 250 men attempted to tunnel their way to freedom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020