An Alliance Of Enemies

Author : Agostino von Hassell,Sigrid MacRae
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781466859982

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Alliance of Enemies by Agostino von Hassell,Sigrid MacRae Pdf

Alliance of Enemies tells the thrilling history of the secret World War II relationship between Nazi Germany's espionage service, the Abwehr, and the American OSS, predecessor of the CIA. The actors in this great as-yet-untold story were often at odds with their respective governments. Working in the face of competing ideologies and at great personal risk, these unorthodox collaborators struggled to bring about an early peace. By mining secret World War II files that were only recently declassified, as well as personal interviews, diaries, and previously unpublished accounts to unearth some of history's surprises, Agostino von Hassell and Sigrid MacRae shed new light on Franklin Roosevelt's surprising stance toward Hitler before the U.S. entered the war, and on the relationship of American business to the Third Reich. They offer vivid details on the German resistance's desperate efforts to at first avert war and then to make common cause with enemy representatives to end it. And their work details the scope and depth of German resistance and its many plots to eliminate Hitler and why they failed. New names and incredible wartime plots reveal the titanic power struggles that took place in Istanbul and Lisbon---cities crawling with spies. Intense, clandestine communications and spy rings come clear, as do the self-serving neutrality of Switzerland and Portugal and the shocking postwar scramble for German spies, scientists, and more, all to aid in the fight against a new enemy: communism. Alliance of Enemies fills a huge void in our knowledge of the hidden, layered warfare---and the attempts for peace---of World War II. It will fascinate and excite historians, spy and policy enthusiasts, and anyone concerned with the uses of intelligence in trying times. Nowhere has such a complete and provocative history of the wars behind World War II been told---until now.

Author : Reuben Eckhart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798510102352

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An Alliance of Enemies by Reuben Eckhart Pdf

The scar that cuts through Radvere's beard was a gift from Ilriych, his half-brother. There's been plenty of other 'gifts' over the years, but none quite like the silvery line of healed flesh Radvere seems to have worn forever. If Radvere is to fight for peace in Cylandia, he must risk everything to escape and hunt down his brother who seems to want to tear everything down. The Church of the Twelve, is looking to the ancient past - hoping to avoid a great calamity, thinking the conduit of the gods can secure their future. Across the provinces, shadows are growing longer and the forces that dwell within will not hesitate to squeeze the hornets' nest and drive Cylandia over the precipice. Ignoring Cylandia's problems won't solve them. Allowing hatred to go unchallenged will cede ground to Cylandia's enemies and cause the acid of hate to burn them all. An Alliance of Enemies, Book One. 'Dissension'

Author : Mark L. Haas
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501761249

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Frenemies by Mark L. Haas Pdf

In Frenemies Mark L. Haas addresses policy-guiding puzzles such as: Why do international ideological enemies sometimes overcome their differences and ally against shared threats? Why, just as often, do such alliances fail? Alliances among ideological enemies confronting a common foe, or "frenemy" alliances, are unlike coalitions among ideologically-similar states facing comparable threats. Members of frenemy alliances are perpetually torn by two powerful opposing forces. Haas shows that shared material threats push these states together while ideological differences pull them apart. Each of these competing forces has dominated the other at critical times. This difference has resulted in stable alliances among ideological enemies in some cases but the delay, dissolution, or failure of these alliances in others. Haas examines how states' susceptibility to major domestic ideological changes and the nature of the ideological differences among countries provide the key to alliance formation or failure. This sophisticated framework is applied to a diverse range of critical historical and contemporary cases, from the failure of British and French leaders to ally with the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany in the 1930s to the likely evolution of the United States' alliance system against a rising China in the early 21st century. In Frenemies, Haas develops a groundbreaking argument that explains the origins and durability of alliances among ideological enemies and offers policy-guiding perspectives on a subject at the core of international relations.

Author : Peter R. Mansoor,Williamson Murray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107136021

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Grand Strategy and Military Alliances by Peter R. Mansoor,Williamson Murray Pdf

A broad-ranging study of the relationship between alliances and the conduct of grand strategy, examined through historical case studies.

Author : Roger Moorhouse
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465054923

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The Devils' Alliance by Roger Moorhouse Pdf

antly, the pact laid the groundwork for Soviet control of Eastern Europe, a power grab that would define the post-war order. Drawing on memoirs, diaries, and official records from newly opened Soviet archives, The Devils' Alliance is the authoritative work on one of the seminal episodes of World War II. In his characteristically rich and detailed prose, Moorhouse paints a vivid picture of the pact's origins and its enduring influence as a crucial turning point, in both the war and in modern history.

Author : Karen Garner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526172038

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Friends and Enemies by Karen Garner Pdf

This history examines the fraternal friendships and embittered masculine conflicts among British, American, and Irish national leaders and their Dublin-based advisers during the Second World War.

Author : Joel C. Rosenberg
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781496453815

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Enemies and Allies: An Unforgettable Journey Inside the Fast-Moving & Immensely Turbulent Modern Middle East by Joel C. Rosenberg Pdf

One Arab country after another is signing historic, game-changing peace, trade, investment, and tourism deals with Israel. At the same time, Russia, Iran, and Turkey are forming a highly dangerous alliance that could threaten the Western powers. Rosenberg explains the sometimes encouraging, sometimes violent, yet rapidly shifting landscape in Israel and the Arab/Muslim world. He introduce readers to some of the most complex and controversial leaders in the world, and explores the future of religion-- and peace-- in the Middle East. -- adapted from jacket

Author : Ted Galen Carpenter
Publisher : Cato Institute
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 093279095X

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A Search for Enemies by Ted Galen Carpenter Pdf

Author : Vince Flynn,Kyle Mills
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476783543

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Enemy of the State by Vince Flynn,Kyle Mills Pdf

“In the world of black-op thrillers, Mitch Rapp continues to be among the best of the best” (Booklist, starred review), and he returns in the #1 New York Times bestselling series alone and targeted by a country that is supposed to be one of America’s closest allies. After 9/11, the United States made one of the most secretive and dangerous deals in its history—the evidence against the powerful Saudis who coordinated the attack would be buried and in return, King Faisal would promise to keep the oil flowing and deal with the conspirators in his midst. But when the king’s own nephew is discovered funding ISIS, the furious President gives Rapp his next mission: he must find out more about the high-level Saudis involved in the scheme and kill them. The catch? Rapp will get no support from the United States. Forced to make a decision that will change his life forever, Rapp quits the CIA and assembles a group of independent contractors to help him complete the mission. They’ve barely begun unraveling the connections between the Saudi government and ISIS when the brilliant new head of the intelligence directorate discovers their efforts. With Rapp getting too close, he threatens to go public with the details of the post-9/11 agreement between the two countries. Facing an international incident that could end his political career, the President orders America’s intelligence agencies to join the Saudis’ effort to hunt the former CIA man down. Rapp, supported only by a team of mercenaries with dubious allegiances, finds himself at the center of the most elaborate manhunt in history. With white-knuckled twists and turns leading to “an explosive climax” (Publishers Weekly), Enemy of the State is an unputdownable thrill ride that will keep you guessing until the final page.

Author : Noel Malcolm
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192565808

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Useful Enemies by Noel Malcolm Pdf

From the fall of Constantinople in 1453 until the eighteenth century, many Western European writers viewed the Ottoman Empire with almost obsessive interest. Typically they reacted to it with fear and distrust; and such feelings were reinforced by the deep hostility of Western Christendom towards Islam. Yet there was also much curiosity about the social and political system on which the huge power of the sultans was based. In the sixteenth century, especially, when Ottoman territorial expansion was rapid and Ottoman institutions seemed particularly robust, there was even open admiration. In this path-breaking book Noel Malcolm ranges through these vital centuries of East-West interaction, studying all the ways in which thinkers in the West interpreted the Ottoman Empire as a political phenomenon - and Islam as a political religion. Useful Enemies shows how the concept of 'oriental despotism' began as an attempt to turn the tables on a very positive analysis of Ottoman state power, and how, as it developed, it interacted with Western debates about monarchy and government. Noel Malcolm also shows how a negative portrayal of Islam as a religion devised for political purposes was assimilated by radical writers, who extended the criticism to all religions, including Christianity itself. Examining the works of many famous thinkers (including Machiavelli, Bodin, and Montesquieu) and many less well-known ones, Useful Enemies illuminates the long-term development of Western ideas about the Ottomans, and about Islam. Noel Malcolm shows how these ideas became intertwined with internal Western debates about power, religion, society, and war. Discussions of Islam and the Ottoman Empire were thus bound up with mainstream thinking in the West on a wide range of important topics. These Eastern enemies were not just there to be denounced. They were there to be made use of, in arguments which contributed significantly to the development of Western political thought.

Author : John G. Hemry,Jack Campbell
Publisher : Titan Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : 0857689436

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JAG in Space - Against All Enemies (Book 4) by John G. Hemry,Jack Campbell Pdf

Someone onboard the USS Michaelson is selling secrets, and to uncover the traitor, legal officer Lieutenant Paul Sinclair must walk the dangerous line between duty and honour.

Author : Daniel-Joseph MacArthur-Seal,Dilek Barlas,William Hale
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000818864

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From Enemies to Allies by Daniel-Joseph MacArthur-Seal,Dilek Barlas,William Hale Pdf

British–Turkish relations were transformed in the first half of the 20th century, from a state of belligerence during the First World War, through a period of heated confrontation over the fate of Mosul and trade and business access to the new Republic of Turkey, to rapprochement and financial cooperation in the 1930s, and finally a formal military alliance under the auspices of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. The edited collection provides a selection of important chapters by senior and early-career scholars from Britain, Turkey, and the wider world. The chapters use new sources to address issues as diverse as the Turkey–Iraq frontier, colonial governance in Cyprus, the legal rights of foreigners in Istanbul, commercial relations through the era of the Great Depression, contested neutrality in the Second World War, and the search for new alliances in the Cold War. Knowledge of this tumultuous transition and its impact on public memory is key to understanding points of tension and cohesion in present-day UK-Turkey relations. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journals Middle Eastern Studies and the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.

Author : Kevin J. Anderson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061915598

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Enemies & Allies by Kevin J. Anderson Pdf

“[A] fun read….Batman and Superman meet in this retro-flavored novel set amid the Cold War sensibilities of the 1950s.” —USA Today The Dark Knight meets the Man of Steel in Enemies & Allies—the thrilling story of the first-ever meeting between Batman and Superman, brilliantly imagined by New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson. One of today’s most popular writers pits the iconic superheroes against Lex Luthor and the Soviets—and each other—in a spellbinding story of destiny and duty set against the backdrop of America’s Cold War era.

Author : Johannes Remy
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487511074

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Brothers or Enemies by Johannes Remy Pdf

Contrary to the prevailing opinion, the idea of Ukrainian independence did not emerge at the end of the nineteenth-century. In Brothers and Enemies, Johannes Remy reveals that the roots of Ukrainian independence were planted fifty years earlier. Remy contextualizes the Ukrainian national movement against the backdrop of the Russian Empire and its policy of oppression in the mid-nineteenth-century. Remy utilizes a wide range of unpublished archival sources to shed light on topics that are absent from current discourse including: Ilarion Vasilchikov’s alliance with Ukrainian activists in 1861, the forged revolutionary proclamation used to deport Pavlo Chubynsky (who is known today as the author of the Ukrainian national anthem), and the 1864 negotiations between Kyiv activists and the Polish National Government. Brothers and Enemies is the first systematic study of imperial censorship policies during the period and will be of interest to those who seek a better understanding of the current Ukrainian-Russian conflict.

Author : Thomas J. Christensen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400838813

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Worse Than a Monolith by Thomas J. Christensen Pdf

In brute-force struggles for survival, such as the two World Wars, disorganization and divisions within an enemy alliance are to one's own advantage. However, most international security politics involve coercive diplomacy and negotiations short of all-out war. Worse Than a Monolith demonstrates that when states are engaged in coercive diplomacy--combining threats and assurances to influence the behavior of real or potential adversaries--divisions, rivalries, and lack of coordination within the opposing camp often make it more difficult to prevent the onset of conflict, to prevent existing conflicts from escalating, and to negotiate the end to those conflicts promptly. Focusing on relations between the Communist and anti-Communist alliances in Asia during the Cold War, Thomas Christensen explores how internal divisions and lack of cohesion in the two alliances complicated and undercut coercive diplomacy by sending confusing signals about strength, resolve, and intent. In the case of the Communist camp, internal mistrust and rivalries catalyzed the movement's aggressiveness in ways that we would not have expected from a more cohesive movement under Moscow's clear control. Reviewing newly available archival material, Christensen examines the instability in relations across the Asian Cold War divide, and sheds new light on the Korean and Vietnam wars. While recognizing clear differences between the Cold War and post-Cold War environments, he investigates how efforts to adjust burden-sharing roles among the United States and its Asian security partners have complicated U.S.-China security relations since the collapse of the Soviet Union.