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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A superbly researched and groundbreaking account of Soviet espionage in the Thirties remarkable 5* review, Telegraph On the trail of Soviet infiltrator Agent Bleriot, in this bestseller, Svetlana Lokhova takes the reader on a thrilling journey through Stalins most audacious intelligence operation. On a sunny September day in 1931, a Soviet spy walked down the gangplank of the luxury transatlantic liner SS Europa and into New York. Attracting no attention, Stanislav Shumovsky had completed his journey from Moscow to enrol at a top American university. He was concealed in a group of 65 Soviet students heading to prestigious academic institutions. But he was after far more than an excellent education. Recognising Russia was 100 years behind the encircling capitalist powers, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin had sent Shumovsky on a mission to acquire Americas vital secrets to help close the USSRs yawning technology gap. The road to victory began in the classrooms and laboratories of MIT Shumovskys destination soon became the unwitting finishing school for elite Russian spies. The USSR first transformed itself into a military powerhouse able to confront and defeat Nazi Germany. Then in an extraordinary feat that astonished the West, in 1947 American ingenuity and innovation exfiltrated by Shumovsky made it possible to build and unveil the most advanced strategic bomber in the world. Following his lead, other MIT-trained Soviet spies helped acquire the secrets of the Manhattan Project. By 1949, Stalins fleet of TU-4s, now equipped with atomic bombs could devastate the US on his command. Appropriately codenamed BLERIOT, Shumovsky was an aviation spy. Shumovskys espionage was so successful that the USSR acquired every US aviation secret from his network of agents in factories and at top secret military research institutes. In this thrilling history, Svetlana Lokhova takes the reader on a journey through Stalins most audacious intelligence operation. She pieces together every aspect of Shumovskys life and character using information derived from American and Russian archives, exposing how even Shirley Temple and Franklin D. Roosevelt unwittingly advanced his schemes. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. [A] captivating story, wonderfully fleshed out characters and relationships, and beautiful writing make this a must-read! NetGalley reviewer, October 1941: As war rages in the Soviet Union, Nina is devastated as she watches her younger brother being sent off to the front. She has witnessed so many soldiers go to war and never return, and with her father already on the battlefield, her brother is her only family left. Sick of feeling helpless and determined to fight for her motherland, Nina and her best friend Katya decide to volunteer for the first female-only aviation regiment, led by the legendary pilot Marina Raskova. But fighting a war is nothing like they expected, and soon the battle lines are no longer restricted to the front a forbidden love begins to blossom, and Nina is faced with the ultimate betrayal. Will Nina and her loved ones make it out alive? From the bestselling author of Sisters of War comes a heart-wrenching novel of love, friendship, betrayal and sacrifice, perfect for fans of Mandy Robotham and Pam Jenoff. Readers LOVE Sisters of the Sky! Absolutely wonderful! I recommend all Lanas books, but I believe this one is my favourite and her best yet! TEN STARS! NetGalley reviewer, This book packs a powerful punch [it] makes your heart soar with every flight, pound in every battle, and break with every loss. NetGalley reviewer, A story I wont be forgetting any time soon I highly recommend this book. NetGalley reviewer, Beautiful novel. Loved the way it is written. The characters and the eta are well portrayed, wrapped in the history of WWII. NetGalley reviewer, Lana Kortchik has a great writing style and the historical elements were everything that I was hoping for. NetGalley reviewer, The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: DJ Near Fine. 1st Printing. "Sherwood thoroughly documents the superb performance of air force fighter pilots during the Korean War. They met the best pilots China and the Soviet Union had to offerand won. In doing so, the author has competently mined the extensive documentary resources of the Air Force History and Museums Program and made constructive use of memoirs and interviews." Journal of American History. 247pp. Size: Large Octavo.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Britain's first flying machine was trailed in Perthshire in 1907 and ever since - whether at war or in peacetime - Scotland has been in the frontline of British military aviation. In Tartan Air Force Deborah Lake investigates Scotland's contribution to military flying over the last hundred years. With a wealth of previously unpublished or little-known accounts from air and ground crew, fliers and non-fliers, this is a comprehensive and entertaining tribute which emphasises the human aspect of Scotland's part in the history. From the Second World War, when many famous missions, including those against the great German battleship Tirpitz, were undertaken from Scottish airfields, to the importance of its RAF air bases and radar stations in asserting the Soviet threat during the Cold War and beyond, Scotland has played its part in protecting the skies. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Recounted here are nine of the earliest wars involving jet aircraft. From the Korean War and beyond, it comprises a wealth of gripping insight. Many of the jet-to-jet dogfights that spanned these jet-powered wars are enlivened to thrilling effect, including those engaged in during the two Indo-Pak Wars of 1965 and 1971. Operation 'Musketeer' (1956), mounted when RAF and French Air Force bombers and fighter-bombers attacked airfields and other targets in Egypt (after President Nasser had nationalised the Suez Canal), is also covered in this gripping narrative. The Falklands Campaign is also covered, as is the Vietnam War. In another chapter, QRA operations around the British Isles are put under the microscope as RAF Phantoms, Lightnings, Tornadoes and Typhoon Eurofighters on Quick Reaction Alert are described, patrolling international air space and maintaining as they did a constant vigil as Soviet 'Bears' continued to test NATO defences. All in all, this is a compelling, well-researched and highly informative study of a particularly dynamic era in aviation history. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Lon O. Nordeen has completely updated his 1985 chronicle of military aviation s evolving role in warfare, now covering the major conflicts of the past four decades. He presents the historical and political background of each conflict and includes in-depth discussions of the aircraft, weapons, tactics, training, new systems, and other factors that influenced the outcome of each war. New and existing chapters have been enhanced with information based on recently declassified material especially regarding Vietnam and new sources in Egypt, Israel, and the former Soviet Union. As smart bombs have become more successful in reducing the risks for pilots and frontline troops, air-missile warfare has become the central player in military conflicts. Air Warfare in the Missile Age, Second Edition, is a valuable resource for understanding the evolution of modern air warfare.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. October 1996 Binding: Trade Paperback.

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paperback. Zustand: Fine. DETAILS: sewn PAPERBACK, fresh attractive copy, fine condition. CHAMBERS, JOHN WHITECLAY. The tyranny of change: America in the progressive era, 1890-1920. With a new preface. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2004, 3d printing of the Second Edition, xxii, 339pp., . "John Chambers incorporates into his book the latest scholarship about the social, cultural, political, and economic changes that produced modern America. He illuminates the experiences of blacks, Asians, Latinos, as well other working men and women in the cities and countryside, as they struggled to improve their lives in a transformed economy." "While recognizing a "progressive ethos"--A mixture of idealistic vision and pragmatic reforms that characterized the period - Chambers elaborates the role of civic volunteerism as well as the state in achieving directed social change. He also emphasizes the importance of radical and conservative forces in shaping the so-called "Progressive Era." - CONTENTS: Chapter 1 Crisis of the 1890s 1 -- A New Kind of Growth 6 -- Age of Industrialism 19 -- Chapter 2 Prelude to the Twentieth Century 25 -- New Jobs, New Roles 25 -- Weakened Spring of Government 38 -- Politics in the Depression Decade 41 -- Taste of Empire 44 -- Challenge of Change 49 -- Chapter 3 Corporate Revolution 54 -- Great Merger Movement 55 -- Mass Production, Mass Consumption Society 61 -- Changes in Work and the Work Force 64 -- Productivity and Pain in Agriculture 75 -- New Corporate Economy 78 -- Chapter 4 A Changing Society and Culture 80 -- A Growing Nation 81 -- Class and Status in American Society 87 -- Women, the Family, and Sexuality 90 -- Modernism and Institutions: Schools, Hospitals, Places of Worship 102 -- Challenge of the City 110 -- A New Mass Consumption Culture 112 -- Aviation and the Promise of Technology 124 -- Modernism in Thought and Art 127 -- Chapter 5 Progressive Impulse 132 -- Great Light 132 -- Progressives as Interventionists 133 -- Progressive Agenda 140 -- Development of Nationwide Reform 147 -- Voluntarism as a Middle Way 150 -- Reform in the Cities 155 -- Progressivism in the States 158 -- Progressive Impulse 169 -- Chapter 6 Washington Whirligig 172 -- Death of a President 172 -- Theodore Roosevelt: The Warrior as President 173 -- Square Deal, 1901-1909 176 -- Taft versus the Insurgents, 1909-1913 184 -- Woodrow Wilson: The Scholar as Chief Executive 190 -- New Freedom, 1913-1916 193 -- Political Modernization 198 -- Chapter 7 Taking the Flag Overseas 201 -- Road to Interventionism 201 -- Roosevelt's Big-Stick Diplomacy 207 -- Taft's Dollar Diplomacy 211 -- Wilson's Missionary Diplomacy 213 -- World War I: U.S. Neutrality, 1914-1916 217 -- Road to Belligerency, 1916-1917 223 -- Debate over American Entry 229 -- Chapter 8 World War I and the Search for a New World Order, 1917-1920 233 -- America Goes to War 234 -- Mobilizing the Home Front 244 -- Workers and War: Organized Labor, Women, and Minorities 251 -- Victory in France, Defeat in the Soviet Union 256 -- Diplomacy of Peacemaking and the Rejection of the League 262 -- Domestic Discord and Repression 268 -- Chapter 9 Meaning of the Progressive Era 274 -- Interventionist Impulse 275 -- "Modernization" in World Perspective 281 -- Cycles of Reform 282 -- Legacy of the Progressive Era 284 -- Progressive Era and the Nature of Modern America 298. 9780813527994 ISBN 0813527996.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A superbly researched and groundbreaking account of Soviet espionage in the Thirties remarkable 5* review, Telegraph On the trail of Soviet infiltrator Agent Bleriot, in this bestseller, Svetlana Lokhova takes the reader on a thrilling journey through Stalins most audacious intelligence operation. On a sunny September day in 1931, a Soviet spy walked down the gangplank of the luxury transatlantic liner SS Europa and into New York. Attracting no attention, Stanislav Shumovsky had completed his journey from Moscow to enrol at a top American university. He was concealed in a group of 65 Soviet students heading to prestigious academic institutions. But he was after far more than an excellent education. Recognising Russia was 100 years behind the encircling capitalist powers, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin had sent Shumovsky on a mission to acquire Americas vital secrets to help close the USSRs yawning technology gap. The road to victory began in the classrooms and laboratories of MIT Shumovskys destination soon became the unwitting finishing school for elite Russian spies. The USSR first transformed itself into a military powerhouse able to confront and defeat Nazi Germany. Then in an extraordinary feat that astonished the West, in 1947 American ingenuity and innovation exfiltrated by Shumovsky made it possible to build and unveil the most advanced strategic bomber in the world. Following his lead, other MIT-trained Soviet spies helped acquire the secrets of the Manhattan Project. By 1949, Stalins fleet of TU-4s, now equipped with atomic bombs could devastate the US on his command. Appropriately codenamed BLERIOT, Shumovsky was an aviation spy. Shumovskys espionage was so successful that the USSR acquired every US aviation secret from his network of agents in factories and at top secret military research institutes. In this thrilling history, Svetlana Lokhova takes the reader on a journey through Stalins most audacious intelligence operation. She pieces together every aspect of Shumovskys life and character using information derived from American and Russian archives, exposing how even Shirley Temple and Franklin D. Roosevelt unwittingly advanced his schemes. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover Cloth 200 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 2008. Attractive blue boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. For most British people the weekend of 27/28 October 1962 could so very easily have been their last weekend on earth, yet astonishingly the fact that Britain's nuclear deterrent forces went to an unprecedented level of readiness was kept secret from the public. Thor nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles stood on a round-the-clock wartime state of alert ready to be fired, these were the 'other' missiles of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which made Britain, in effect, America's launch pad. During the height of the crisis both RAF Bomber Command and the US Strategic Air Command were poised at the highest states of readiness. Both were ordered to a level of war readiness unparalleled throughout the whole of the forty years of Cold War. There is evidence to suggest that had the US needed to launch an air strike against Russian missiles in Cuba, President Kennedy might have been willing to absorb a Soviet nuclear assault on a NATO ally without retaliation, if it would have avoided escalation to World War Three. It is sobering to those who lived through that period that, the British Ambassador to Cuba commented: 'If it was a nuclear war we were headed for, Cuba was perhaps a better place to be than Britain!' Jim Wilson worked as a journalist for the Eastern Daily Press in Norfolk during the time that Thor missiles were based in England. He served at RAF Headquarters in Norfolk. Later he worked for 30 years in televison journalism.

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. "A GRIPPING CLASSIC. Exhaustively researched, The Hunter Killers puts you directly into a Wild Weasel fighter cockpit during the Vietnam War. Dan Hampton lets you feel it for yourself as no one else could."--Colonel LEO THORSNESS, Wild Weasel pilot and Medal of Honor recipient At the height of the Cold War, America's most elite aviators bravely volunteered for a covert program aimed at eliminating an impossible new threat. Half never returned. All became legends. From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes one of the most extraordinary untold stories of aviation history. Vietnam, 1965: On July 24 a USAF F-4 Phantom jet was suddenly blown from the sky by a mysterious and lethal weapon-a Soviet SA-2 surface-to-air missile (SAM), launched by Russian "advisors" to North Vietnam. Three days later, six F-105 Thunderchiefs were brought down trying to avenge the Phantom. More tragic losses followed, establishing the enemy's SAMs as the deadliest anti-aircraft threat in history and dramatically turning the tables of Cold War air superiority in favor of Soviet technology. Stunned and desperately searching for answers, the Pentagon ordered a top secret program called Wild Weasel I to counter the SAM problem-fast. So it came to be that a small group of maverick fighter pilots and Electronic Warfare Officers volunteered to fly behind enemy lines and into the teeth of the threat. To most it seemed a suicide mission-but they beat the door down to join. Those who survived the 50 percent casualty rate would revolutionize warfare forever. "You gotta be sh*#@ing me!" This immortal phrase was uttered by Captain Jack Donovan when the Wild Weasel concept was first explained to him. "You want me to fly in the back of a little tiny fighter aircraft with a crazy fighter pilot who thinks he's invincible, home in on a SAM site in North Vietnam, and shoot it before it shoots me?" Based on unprecedented firsthand interviews with Wild Weasel veterans and previously unseen personal papers and declassified documents from both sides of the conflict, as well as Dan Hampton's own experience as a highly decorated F-16 Wild Weasel pilot, The Hunter Killers is a gripping, cockpit-level chronicle of the first-generation Weasels, the remarkable band of aviators who faced head-on the advanced Soviet missile technology that was decimating fellow American pilots over the skies of Vietnam. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. NY: Doubleday, (1995). First Edition, First Printing. Large 8vo. 206pp. Hardcover. Fine condition in fine dj with "Autographed Copy" sticker on front cover. Signed by O'Grady on the half-title page. Captain O'Grady was helping enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia when a Soviet-made missile shot his plane down; he survived and for six days evaded Bosnian Serbs until he was rescued. ISBN 0385483309; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 206 pages; Signed by Author.