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Pomfret, John, 1959- author.
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century.
Spies -- Poland -- History -- 20th century.
Espionage, Polish -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Poland -- Politics and government -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- History -- 20th century.
Poland -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Poland.
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From Warsaw with lov...
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From Warsaw with love : Polish spies, the CIA, and the forging of an unlikely alliance / John Pomfret.
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Pomfret, John, 1959- author.
New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
Subjects
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century.
Spies -- Poland -- History -- 20th century.
Espionage, Polish -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Poland -- Politics and government -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- History -- 20th century.
Poland -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Poland.
ISBN:
9781250296054 (hardcover) :
1250296056 (hardcover) :
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xii, 273 pages : map ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Introduction -- Part One: Cold War capers : Chapter One: Tinseltown espionage -- Chapter Two: Tennis, anyone? -- Chapter Three: The American bear -- Chapter Four: True confessions -- Chapter Five: The Bridge of Spies -- Part Two: An unlikely alliance : Chapter Six: Playing footsie -- Chapter Seven: The bear comes knocking -- Chapter Eight: Shall we dance? -- Chapter Nine: Don't blow It up -- Part Three: Perilous partnership : Chapter Ten: Baghdad surprise -- Chapter Eleven: No exit -- Chapter Twelve: Didn't Get the Memo -- Chapter Thirteen: The floodgates open -- Chapter Fourteen: Slouching toward NATO -- Chapter Fifteen: The Prime Minister is a spy! -- Chapter Sixteen: Missing bin Laden -- Chapter Seventeen: Black site bargain -- Chapter Eighteen: Betrayed -- Chapter Nineteen: Under the bus -- Part Four: Marriage with hippos : Chapter Twenty: Same bed, different dreams -- Chapter Twenty-One: What is to be done? -- Afterword.
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"In 1990, less than a year after the Polish people participated in their first democratic election since the 1930s, the young Polish government sent a veteran spy, who had battled the West for decades, to rescue six American officers trapped in Baghdad. The CIA had asked the Polish government for help, as the U.S. was desperately cobbling together allies to counter Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. The captured Americans held valuable intelligence and were they compromised, it could've spelled ruin for Desert Storm. John Pomfret's gripping account of the highly unusual mission reveals the surprising relationship between Poland and the U.S. The CIA had long been a fan of the tradecraft of Polish intelligence officers who back during the Carter administration had robbed America of its military secrets. Once the Berlin Wall fell, the agency signed Poland's ex-communist spies on as allies and they worked for America around the world. This cooperation didn't end with Poland's accession to NATO in 1999. Polish operatives conducted operations for America in Iran and North Korea. After 9/11, the Polish government even allowed the CIA to open a so-called black site in Poland to interrogate and waterboard suspected terrorists. As the U.S. teeters on the edge of a new cold war with Russia and China, Pomfret, who first uncovered this story during his long career at the Washington Post, revisits these little-known events as a reminder of the importance of allies in a dangerous world"--
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