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This gripping and heartbreaking narrative is the first full account
of an American woman who gave her life in the struggle against the
Nazi regime. As members of a key resistance group, Mildred and her
husband, Arvid Harnack, assisted in the escape of German Jews and
political dissidents, and for years provided vital economic and
military intelligence to both Washington and Moscow. But in 1942,
following a Soviet blunder, the Gestapo arrested, tortured and
tried some four score members of the Harnack's group, which the
Nazis dubbed the Red Orchestra.
Kingmakers is the gripping story of how the modern Middle East came to be, as told through the lives of the Britons and Americans who shaped it. Some are famous (Lawrence of Arabia and Gertrude Bell); others infamous (Harry St. John Philby, father of Kim); some forgotten (Sir Mark Sykes, Israel s godfather, and A. T. Wilson, the territorial creator of Iraq). All helped enthrone rulers in a region whose very name is an Anglo-American invention. The aim of this engrossing character-driven narrative is to restore to life the colorful figures who gave us the Middle East in which Americans are enmeshed today."
Resisting Hitler is the dramatic and tragic story of an American woman who gave her life as a member of the German resistance.
From the romantic conflicts of the Victorian Great Game to the war-torn history of the region in recent decades, "Tournament of Shadows" traces the struggle for control of Central Asia and Tibet from the 1830s to the present. The original Great Game, the clandestine struggle between Russia and Britain for mastery of Central Asia, has long been regarded as one of the greatest geopolitical conflicts in history. Many believed that control of the vast Eurasian heartland was the key to world dominion. The original Great Game ended with the Russian Revolution, but the geopolitical struggles in Central Asia continue to the present day. In this updated edition, the authors reflect on Central Asia's history since the end of the Russo-Afghan war, and particularly in the wake of 9/11.
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