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Mark Riebling

    Wedge
    Cirkev špiónov
    • Cirkev špiónov

      • 344 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Mlčanie Vatikánu o nacistických zločinoch je stále ostro diskutovanou témou. Historici obvinili pápeža Pia XII. zo spolu páchateľstva na holokauste a nazvali ho Hitlerovým pápežom... Pius riadil najväčšiu svetovú Cirkev, najmenší štát a najstaršiu špionážnu službu. Najal si tajných agentov, aby nahrávali stretnutia pohlavárov nacizmu. Ozbrojení jezuiti ukradli plány Hitlerových domov. Správca vatikánskych katakomb riadil špionážnu sieť, aby odhalil nemecké vojnové plány a zranil Hitlera kufríkovou bombou... Kniha Cirkev špiónov odhaľuje jedno z najpozoruhodnejších období v histórii pápežstva.

      Cirkev špiónov2017
      4,3
    • Wedge

      From Pearl Harbor to 9/11 - Updated with a New Epilogue

      • 592 stránok
      • 21 hodin čítania

      Reveals how the feud between FBI director J. Edgar Hoover & Wm J. Donovan, the CIA's godfather, drove a wedge between foreign & domestic spycatching, creating a deeply flawed intelligence system. Examines how the problems arising from this split shaped the McCarthy loyalty probes, the U-2 affair & plots to kill Castro; sparked political scandals, from Watergate to Iran-contra & Iraq-Gate; hobbled the '60s hunt for spies in the CIA; may have contributed to Jack Ruby's murder of Lee Harvey Oswald; & allowed Russian mole Aldrich Ames to serve almost a decade in the CIA before being caught. "A grand panorama of dramatic episodes, peopled by picaresque secret agents from Ian Fleming to Oliver North, 'Wedge' is both a journey & a warning. From Pearl Harbor, McCarthyism & the plots to kill Castro thru the JFK assassination, Watergate & Iran Contra down to the Aldrich Ames affair, Robert Hanssen's treachery & the hunt for Al Qaeda--'Wedge' shows the price America has paid for its failure to resolve the conflict between law enforcement & intelligence. Gripping & authoritative--& updated with an important new epilogue, carrying the action thru to 9/11/01--'Wedge' is the only book about the schism that has informed nearly every major blunder in American espionage."

      Wedge1994
      4,0