1 option
From Warsaw with love : Polish spies, the CIA, and the forging of an unlikely alliance / John Pomfret.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pomfret, John, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History--20th century.
- United States.
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
- Spies--Poland--History--20th century.
- Spies.
- Politics and government.
- History.
- Espionage, Polish.
- Poland--Politics and government--History--20th century.
- Poland.
- Espionage, Polish--United States--History--20th century.
- United States--Politics and government--History--20th century.
- Poland--Foreign relations--United States.
- International relations.
- United States--Foreign relations--Poland.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 273 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE COLD WAR CAPERS
- ch. One Tinseltown Espionage
- ch. Two Tennis, Anyone?
- ch. Three The American Bear
- ch. Four True Confessions
- ch. Five The Bridge of Spies
- pt. TWO AN UNLIKELY ALLIANCE
- ch. Six Playing Footsie
- ch. Seven The Bear Comes Knocking
- ch. Eight Shall We Dance?
- ch. Nine Don't Blow It Up
- pt. THREE PERILOUS PARTNERSHIP
- ch. Ten Baghdad Surprise
- ch. Eleven No Exit
- ch. Twelve Didn't Get the Memo
- ch. Thirteen The Floodgates Open
- ch. Fourteen Slouching Toward NATO
- ch. Fifteen The Prime Minister Is a Spy!
- ch. Sixteen Missing bin Laden
- ch. Seventeen Black Site Bargain
- ch. Eighteen Betrayed
- ch. Nineteen Under the Bus
- pt. FOUR MARRIAGE WITH HIPPOS
- ch. Twenty Same Bed, Different Dreams
- ch. Twenty-One What Is to Be Done?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Pomfret, John, 1959- From Warsaw with love
- ISBN:
- 9781250296054
- 1250296056
- OCLC:
- 1255523560
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.