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A covert action : Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War struggle in Poland
- Title
- A covert action : Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War struggle in Poland / Seth G. Jones.
- Author
- Jones, Seth G., 1972-
- Publication
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- viii, 418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- December, 1981--the CIA learns that the Polish government has cut telephone communications with the West and closed the Polish border. The agency's leaders quickly inform President Ronald Reagan at Camp David. Within hours, Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski has appeared on Polish national television to announce the establishment of martial law. A new era in Cold War politics has begun: Washington and Moscow are on a collision course. In this gripping narrative history, Seth G. Jones reveals the little-known story of the CIA's subsequent operations in Poland, which produced a landmark victory for democracy.
- Subject
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency > History
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency
- 1980-1989
- Espionage, American > Poland > History
- Espionage, American
- HISTORY / Europe / Poland
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage
- Poland > History > 1980-1989
- Poland
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-391) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue -- The people's man -- The general -- The spymaster -- Covert actors -- Dutch -- The Gdańsk Agreement -- Polish abyss -- The case for covert action -- The birth of QRHELPFUL -- Struggling to survive -- Getting off the ground -- Ratlines -- The underground -- Hardball -- Cracks in the foundation -- Holy alliance? -- An emotional visit -- A global campaign -- The tide turns -- The return of Solidarity -- The trump card -- Round table talks -- Finishing the job -- The white eagle -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-9790
- ISBN
- 9780393247008
- 0393247007
- LCCN
- 2018012172
- OCLC
- 1005105413
- Author
- Jones, Seth G., 1972- author.
- Title
- A covert action : Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War struggle in Poland / Seth G. Jones.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-391) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1980-1989
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-9790