Verlag: Broadway Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 2008
ISBN 10: 0385523556 ISBN 13: 9780385523554
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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ARC. Zustand: New. No Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. On November 1, 2006, Alexsander Litvinenko sipped tea in London's Millenium Hotel. Hours later the Russian emigre, who wss sharply critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin, fell ill and was rushed to the hospital. Fatally poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope slipped into his drink, Litvinenko issued a dramatic statement accusing Putin himself of engineering his murder. Alan S. Cowell, London Bureau Chief of the New York Times, was immediately on the scene and began an investigation that has yielded the definitive story of this assassination--and the profound impliations of this first act of nuclear terroris. With all of the intrigue of a John Le Carre thriller, THE TERMINAL SPY offers unprecedented insight into one ofthe most chilling true stories of our time. As a foreign correspondent, Alan S. Cowell received the Georg Polk Award and Nathaniel Nash Award and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of South Africa. New, collectible ARC in pictorial wraps. NF41.
Verlag: Broadway Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 2006
ISBN 10: 076791936X ISBN 13: 9780767919364
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A76.
Verlag: Broadway Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 2002
ISBN 10: 0767907787 ISBN 13: 9780767907781
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. A gripping account of the final American bombing mission of World War II and how it prevented a military coup that would have kept Japan in the war. How close did the Japanese come to not surrendering to Allied forces on August 15, 1945? The Last Mission explores this question through two previously neglected strands of late?World War II history, whose very interconnections could have caused a harrowing shift in the course of the postwar world. On the final night of the war, as Emperor Hirohito recorded a message of surrender for the Japanese people, a band of Japanese rebels, commanded by War Minister Anami's elite staff, burst into the palace. They had plotted a massive coup that aimed to destroy the recordings of the Imperial Rescript of surrender and issue false orders forged with the Emperor's seal commanding the widely dispersed Japanese military to continue the war. If this rebellion had succeeded, the military would have proceeded with large-scale kamikaze attacks on Allied forces, costing huge casualties and just possibly provoking the Americans to drop a third atomic bomb on Japan over Tokyo?and continue to drop more bombs as Japanese resistance stiffened. Meanwhile, in the midst of an "end-of-war" celebration on Guam, Air Force radio operator Jim Smith and his fellow crewmen received urgent orders for a bombing mission over Japan's sole remaining oil refinery north of Tokyo. As a stream of American B-29B bombers approached Tokyo, Japanese air defenses, fearing the approaching planes signaled the threat of a third atomic bomb, ordered a total blackout in Tokyo and the Imperial Palace, completely disrupting the rebels' plans. Smith and his fellow crewmembers completed the mission, and a few hours later, the Emperor announced the surrender over Japan's airwaves, dictating the end of the war. THE LAST MISSION is an insightful piece of speculative investigation that combines narrative storytelling with historical contingency and explores how two seemingly unrelated events could have profoundly changed the course of modern history. Fine (previous owner's blind stamp on bottom of half-title page, else as new), in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NF47.
Verlag: Broadway Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 1999
ISBN 10: 0767901428 ISBN 13: 9780767901420
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Author of LOS ALAMOS, THE GOOD GERMAN, and ALIBI. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M40.
Verlag: Broadway, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 2016
ISBN 10: 0062273124 ISBN 13: 9780062273123
Anbieter: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australien
Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 362 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).
Verlag: Broadway Books, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 2009
ISBN 10: 0767931688 ISBN 13: 9780767931687
Anbieter: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Mint. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by author Kenneth Turan on title page in black fountain ink. Very fine, unread, first edition, first printing, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. *Packed carefully and shipped in a box to insure arrival in described condition. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NF67. Signed by Author(s).