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A covert action : Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War struggle in Poland / Seth G. Jones.

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Publisher	New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Copyright	©2018

Description

viii, 418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, facsimiles, photographs ; 25 cm

Edition

First Edition.

LOCATION	CALL NUMBER	VOL	BARCODE	LAST CHECKIN	STATUS
EI-Adult Collection	327.1273 JON		30626003358823	01-27-23	AVAILABLE

BIBLIOGRAPHY	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The people's man -- The general -- The spymaster -- Covert actors -- Dutch -- The Gdansk 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.
Summary	Traces the Soviet-backed Polish government's 1981 efforts to impose martial law to suppress anti-communist activities, documenting the role of the CIA's QRHELPFUL intelligence program and Eastern Europe's dissident groups in establishing a free and democratic Poland.
Subject	United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History.
	Espionage, American -- Poland -- History.
	Poland -- History -- 1980-1989.
Other title	Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War struggle in Poland
ISBN	9780393247008
	0393247007

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