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3) J'accuse
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
After serving in World War I, a man tries to create a machine which will prevent war, but when the government interferes with his plan, he summons the ghosts of the war to rise from the dead and protest.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the McCarthy witchhunts of the 1950's, tells the story of the destruction of the career of a director. In order to revive his stalled career, he is asked to testify against friends who are suspected of being Communists.
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
597 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Description
"The definitive biography of the most dangerous demagogue in American history, based on first-ever access to his personal and professional papers, medical and military records, and recently unsealed transcripts of his closed-door Congressional hearings."--
8) False Flag
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Description
In False Flag, Israeli-born Dalia Artzi, a tactical genius and specialist at Princeton in the study of maneuver warfare, uncovers a fiendish plot by a small group of Israeli fanatics to commit a horrific crime against the United States government and pin the blame on Iran. At first, Dalia, a pacifist, is hesitant to get involved. But, strong in her Jewish faith, she believes that the goal of her religion is not to crush one's enemies but to practice...
10) Atomic love
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
"Chicago, 1950. Rosalind Porter has always defied expectations--in her work as a physicist on the Manhattan Project and in her passionate love affair with colleague Thomas Weaver. Five years after the end of both, her guilt over the bomb and her heartbreak over Weaver are intertwined. She desperately misses her work in the lab, yet has almost resigned herself to a more conventional life. Then Weaver gets back in touch--and so does the FBI. Special...
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xxi, 250 p., [8] p. of plates : ill ; 24 cm.
Description
Recently declassified evidence and never-before-translated documents tell the real story of the day that FDR memorably declared would live in infamy, exploring how Joseph Stalin and the KGB used a vast network of double agents and communist sympathizers--most notably Harry Dexter White--to lead Japan into war against the United States, proposing Soviet involvement behind the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Author
Formats
Description
“Jerome Preisler takes us deep into the dark side of the web and maybe our near future with The bestselling Net Force thriller series, created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik and written by Jerome Preisler, reveals the invisible battlefield where the war for global dominance is fought. In Central Europe, an unknown enemy mounts a crippling high-tech assault against the organization’s military threat-response unit on its home base. The strike...
13) La laguna
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
653 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
Harrison Shepherd nació en Estados Unidos, pero cuando aún era un niño tuvo que irse a México. Acabó trabajando en la cocina de la casa de Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo. Fue en esa casa donde Shepherd conoció a Leon Trotsky. De vuelta a Norteamérica, se dedica a la escritura y deja un diario que llena su propia laguna con palabras reveladoras. Una novela que muestra la influencia de la política en el destino de cada persona.
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
319 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Description
"In April 1959, Fidel Castro toured the United States at the invitation of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Though he was wary, Castro entertained some hope of establishing a rapprochement with Washington. But after being snubbed by President Eisenhower and receiving a less-than-cordial reception from Vice President Richard Nixon, Castro got the strong impression that US intentions toward his new Cuban government were hostile. In The Cuban...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 23 cm
Description
CNN's Chief National Security Correspondent reveals the less-recognized fronts of twenty-first-century warfare, identifying ongoing battles currently being waged, from disinformation campaigns to advanced satellite weaponry, often without public awareness.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Caliber
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xxv, 323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Description
Near the end of World War II, thousands of Allied ex-POWs were abandoned to wander the war-torn Eastern Front in modern day Ukraine. With no food, shelter, or supplies, they were an army of dying men. The Soviets viewed POWs as cowards, and regarded all refugees as potential spies or partisans. The United States repeatedly offered to help recover their POWs, but were refused. With relations between the allies strained, a plan was conceived for an...
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