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Author Jones, Seth G., 1972- author.

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

Publication Info. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2018]

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  327.7304 JONES    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  327.1273 JON    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  327.1273 JONES    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  327.73 JON    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  327.7304 JONES    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description viii, 418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-391) and index.
Contents The people's man -- The general -- The spymaster -- Covert actors -- Dutch -- The Gdańsk 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 December, 1981--the CIA learns that the Polish government has cut telephone communications with the West and closed the Polish border. The agency's leaders quickly inform President Ronald Reagan at Camp David. Within hours, Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski has appeared on Polish national television to announce the establishment of martial law. A new era in Cold War politics has begun: Washington and Moscow are on a collision course. In this gripping narrative history, Seth G. Jones reveals the little-known story of the CIA's subsequent operations in Poland, which produced a landmark victory for democracy.
Subject United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency. (OCoLC)fst00536259
Poland -- History -- 1980-1989.
Espionage, American -- Poland -- History.
Espionage, American. (OCoLC)fst00915388
Poland. (OCoLC)fst01206891
HISTORY / Europe / Poland.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage.
Chronological Term 1980-1989
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780393247008 (hardcover)
0393247007 (hardcover)
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