Operation Rollback: America's Secret War Behind the Iron CurtainFascinating . . . well-documented . . . thought-provoking and entertaining” (Publishers Weekly), Operation Rollback is a tale of intrigue and espionage that reveals how and why suspicions on both sides drove the world into the Cold War. In 1945 the United States and the Soviet Union started secretly mobilizing forces against each other, building intricate intelligence networks of spies and digging in for the postwar era. America’s secret action plan, known as Rollback, was an audacious strategy of espionage, subversion, and sabotage. Concealed for four decades by all involved, the dangerous episodes of the Rollback campaign have only now come to light. |
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Contents
The Vexing Mr X | 1 |
Nazis and Communists | 11 |
Resistance | 32 |
Liberals and Conservatives | 53 |
Did I Do Right? | 69 |
Kennans Design | 87 |
The Secret Game | 100 |
Starting with Intellectuals | 121 |
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| Title | Operation Rollback: America's Secret War Behind the Iron Curtain Mariner books |
| Author | Peter Grose |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0618154582, 9780618154586 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / 20th Century True Crime / Espionage |
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