Spy Dust: Two Masters of Disguise Reveal the Tools and Operations that Helped Win the Cold War 9780743434584, 0743434587

The Watchdog: How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War Two 9780369733078

The story of how a little-known junior senator fought wartime corruption and, in the process, set himself up to become v

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The Double-Cross System: The Classic Account of World War Two Spy-Masters 9780099578239, 0099578239

The Double-Cross System is an authentic document from within the espionage empire of the Second World War, written as a

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Chameleons: Masters of Disguise! 9781477710067

Readers may be familiar with chameleons' ability to change colors, but not all know exactly why they do it. Through

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Secret Wartime Britain: Hidden Places that Helped Win the Second World War 9781526735485, 9781526735492

During the Second World War, thousands of sites across Britain were requisitioned to support the war efforts. Additional

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The Secret History Of RDX: The Super-Explosive That Helped Win World War II 0813175283, 9780813175287, 0813175313, 9780813175317

During the early years of World War II, American ships crossing the Atlantic with oil and supplies were virtually defens

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The Booles and the Hintons: Two Dynasties That Helped Shape the Modern World 9781782051855, 1782051856

A fascinating look at the Boole and Hinton families who are, among many other things, responsible for the invention of t

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The Enigma Spy: The story of the man who changed the course of World War Two

The Cambridge Five – the most infamous spy ring in British history. Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, Guy Burgess and Donald Ma

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Muslim, Trader, Nomad, Spy: China's Cold War and the People of the Tibetan Borderlands 146962110X, 9781469621104

In 1959, the Dalai Lama fled Lhasa, leaving the People's Republic of China with a crisis on its Tibetan frontier. S

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Cockleshell Heroes: The Most Courageous and Imaginative Commando Raid of World War Two (Daring Military Operations of World War Two)

An astounding account of one of the most audacious commando raids of the Second World War. Perfect for fans of books by

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The Role of Birds in World War One: How Ornithology Helped to Win the Great War 9781399070577, 1399070576

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