The Spy Who Was Left Behind

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Publisher : Scribner
ISBN 13 : 1501152149
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis The Spy Who Was Left Behind by : Michael Pullara

Download or read book The Spy Who Was Left Behind written by Michael Pullara and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shocking true story of international intrigue —“a highly detailed, engrossing work” (Kirkus Reviews)—involving the 1993 murder of CIA officer Freddie Woodruff by KGB agents and the extensive cover-up that followed in Washington and in Moscow. “In a post-truth era, we need a lot more fearless writers like Michael Pullara” (Robert Baer, author of See No Evil). On August 8, 1993, a single bullet to the head killed Freddie Woodruff, the Central Intelligence Agency’s station chief in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Within hours, police had a suspect—a vodka-soaked village bumpkin named Anzor Sharmaidze. A tidy explanation quickly followed: It was a tragic accident. US diplomats hailed Georgia’s swift work, and both countries breathed a sigh of relief. Yet the bullet that killed Woodruff was never found and key witnesses have since retracted their testimony, saying they were beaten and forced to identify Sharmaidze. But if he didn’t do it, who did? Those who don’t buy the official explanation think the answer lies in the spy games that played out on Russia’s frontier following the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. Woodruff was an early actor in a dangerous drama. American spies were moving into newborn nations previously dominated by Soviet intelligence. Russia’s security apparatus, resentful and demoralized, was in turmoil, its nominal loyalty to a pro-Western course set by President Boris Yeltsin, shredded by hardline spooks and generals who viewed the Americans as a menace. At the time when Woodruff was stationed there, Georgia was a den of intrigue. It had a big Russian military base and was awash with former and not-so-former Soviet agents. Shortly before Woodruff was shot, veteran CIA officer Aldrich Ames—who would soon be unmasked as a KGB mole—visited him on agency business. In short order, Woodruff would be dead and Ames, in prison for life. Buckle up, because The Spy Who Was Left Behind reveals the full-throttle, little-known thrilling tale.

The Spy Who Left Me

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429995688
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Book Synopsis The Spy Who Left Me by : Gina Robinson

Download or read book The Spy Who Left Me written by Gina Robinson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If there's one thing that can ruin a vacation, it's running into your ex. Just ask Treflee Miller. If she'd only known that her husband Ty would be here in Hawaii—muscular, sun-bronzed, and infuriatingly gorgeous—she would have brought the divorce papers for him to sign. But life is full of surprises when you're married to a world-class spy... Ty Miller can understand why his wife is tired of playing Mrs. James Bond. He's never home, he's always on a mission, and he's usually surrounded by exotic informants. He has to admit that the perfect spy makes a pretty lousy husband. But for the sake of Ty's security and Treflee's safety, they can't blow his cover. Not here. Not now. Not when his longing is so strong, her lips so tempting—and his enemies so close...

Silverview

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735244472
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Book Synopsis Silverview by : John le Carré

Download or read book Silverview written by John le Carré and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER In Silverview, John le Carré turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past sixty years—the secret world itself. Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the City for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But only a couple of months into his new career, Julian’s evening is disrupted by a visitor. Edward, a Polish émigré living in Silverview, the big house on the edge of town, seems to know a lot about Julian’s family and is rather too interested in the inner workings of his modest new enterprise. When a letter turns up at the door of a spy chief in London warning him of a dangerous leak, the investigations lead him to this quiet town by the sea . . . Silverview is the mesmerizing story of an encounter between innocence and experience and between public duty and private morals. In this last complete masterwork from the greatest chronicler of our age, John le Carré asks what you owe to your country when you no longer recognize it.

Spy

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Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0375758941
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)

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Book Synopsis Spy by : David Wise

Download or read book Spy written by David Wise and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2003-10-14 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spy tells, for the first time, the full, authoritative story of how FBI agent Robert Hanssen, code name grayday, spied for Russia for twenty-two years in what has been called the “worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history”–and how he was finally caught in an incredible gambit by U.S. intelligence. David Wise, the nation’s leading espionage writer, has called on his unique knowledge and unrivaled intelligence sources to write the definitive, inside story of how Robert Hanssen betrayed his country, and why. Spy at last reveals the mind and motives of a man who was a walking paradox: FBI counterspy, KGB mole, devout Catholic, obsessed pornographer who secretly televised himself and his wife having sex so that his best friend could watch, defender of family values, fantasy James Bond who took a stripper to Hong Kong and carried a machine gun in his car trunk. Brimming with startling new details sure to make headlines, Spy discloses: • the previously untold story of how the FBI got the actual file on Robert Hanssen out of KGB headquarters in Moscow for $7 million in an unprecedented operation that ended in Hanssen’s arrest. • how for three years, the FBI pursued a CIA officer, code name gray deceiver, in the mistaken belief that he was the mole they were seeking inside U.S. intelligence. The innocent officer was accused as a spy and suspended by the CIA for nearly two years. • why Hanssen spied, based on exclusive interviews with Dr. David L. Charney, the psychiatrist who met with Hanssen in his jail cell more than thirty times. Hanssen, in an extraordinary arrangement, authorized Charney to talk to the author. • the full story of Robert Hanssen’s bizarre sex life, including the hidden video camera he set up in his bedroom and how he plotted to drug his wife, Bonnie, so that his best friend could father her child. • how Hanssen and the CIA’s Aldrich Ames betrayed three Russians secretly spying for the FBI–including tophat, a Soviet general–who were then executed by Moscow. • that after Hanssen was already working for the KGB, he directed a study of moles in the FBI when–as he alone knew–he was the mole. Robert Hanssen betrayed the FBI. He betrayed his country. He betrayed his wife. He betrayed his children. He betrayed his best friend, offering him up to the KGB. He betrayed his God. Most of all, he betrayed himself. Only David Wise could tell the astonishing, full story, and he does so, in masterly style, in Spy.

The Spy and the Traitor

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Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1101904208
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis The Spy and the Traitor by : Ben Macintyre

Download or read book The Spy and the Traitor written by Ben Macintyre and published by Crown. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. “The best true spy story I have ever read.”—JOHN LE CARRÉ Named a Best Book of the Year by The Economist • Shortlisted for the Bailie Giffords Prize in Nonfiction If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6. For nearly a decade, as the Cold War reached its twilight, Gordievsky helped the West turn the tables on the KGB, exposing Russian spies and helping to foil countless intelligence plots, as the Soviet leadership grew increasingly paranoid at the United States's nuclear first-strike capabilities and brought the world closer to the brink of war. Desperate to keep the circle of trust close, MI6 never revealed Gordievsky's name to its counterparts in the CIA, which in turn grew obsessed with figuring out the identity of Britain's obviously top-level source. Their obsession ultimately doomed Gordievsky: the CIA officer assigned to identify him was none other than Aldrich Ames, the man who would become infamous for secretly spying for the Soviets. Unfolding the delicious three-way gamesmanship between America, Britain, and the Soviet Union, and culminating in the gripping cinematic beat-by-beat of Gordievsky's nail-biting escape from Moscow in 1985, Ben Macintyre's latest may be his best yet. Like the greatest novels of John le Carré, it brings readers deep into a world of treachery and betrayal, where the lines bleed between the personal and the professional, and one man's hatred of communism had the power to change the future of nations.

The Spy Who Was Left Out in the Cold

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Publisher : Corgi
ISBN 13 : 9780552177689
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (776 download)

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Book Synopsis The Spy Who Was Left Out in the Cold by : Tim Tate

Download or read book The Spy Who Was Left Out in the Cold written by Tim Tate and published by Corgi. This book was released on 2022-05-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Spy in Moscow Station

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Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN 13 : 1250301157
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Book Synopsis The Spy in Moscow Station by : Eric Haseltine

Download or read book The Spy in Moscow Station written by Eric Haseltine and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling, true story of the race to find a leak in the United States Embassy in Moscow—before more American assets are rounded up and killed. Foreword by Gen. Michael V. Hayden (Retd.), Former Director of NSA & CIA In the late 1970s, the National Security Agency still did not officially exist—those in the know referred to it dryly as the No Such Agency. So why, when NSA engineer Charles Gandy filed for a visa to visit Moscow, did the Russian Foreign Ministry assert with confidence that he was a spy? Outsmarting honey traps and encroaching deep enough into enemy territory to perform complicated technical investigations, Gandy accomplished his mission in Russia, but discovered more than State and CIA wanted him to know. Eric Haseltine's The Spy in Moscow Station tells of a time when—much like today—Russian spycraft had proven itself far beyond the best technology the U.S. had to offer. The perils of American arrogance mixed with bureaucratic infighting left the country unspeakably vulnerable to ultra-sophisticated Russian electronic surveillance and espionage. This is the true story of unorthodox, underdog intelligence officers who fought an uphill battle against their own government to prove that the KGB had pulled off the most devastating penetration of U.S. national security in history. If you think "The Americans" isn't riveting enough, you'll love this toe-curling nonfiction thriller.

Widows

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ISBN 13 : 9780356178837
Total Pages : 575 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (788 download)

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Book Synopsis Widows by : William R. Corson

Download or read book Widows written by William R. Corson and published by . This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sleeper Agent

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501173952
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Sleeper Agent by : Ann Hagedorn

Download or read book Sleeper Agent written by Ann Hagedorn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The little-known story of a spy on the atom-bomb project in World War II who had top security clearance -- American born, Soviet trained, he was never even suspected until after his information was in Soviet hands and he was safe in the USSR. It's LeCarre and "The Americans" for real"--

A Spy Named Orphan

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473545102
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Book Synopsis A Spy Named Orphan by : Roland Philipps

Download or read book A Spy Named Orphan written by Roland Philipps and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald Maclean was a star diplomat, an establishment insider and a keeper of some of the West’s greatest secrets. He was also a Russian spy... Codenamed ‘Orphan’ by his Russian recruiter, Maclean was Britain’s most gifted traitor. But as he leaked huge amounts of top-secret intelligence, an international code-breaking operation was rapidly closing in on him. Moments before he was unmasked, Maclean escaped to Moscow. Drawing on a wealth of previously classified material, A Spy Named Orphan now tells this story for the first time in full, revealing the character and devastating impact of perhaps the most dangerous Soviet agent of the twentieth century. ‘Superb’ William Boyd ‘Fascinating... An exceptional story of espionage and betrayal, thrillingly told’ Philippe Sands ‘A cracking story... Impressively researched’ Sunday Times ‘Philipps makes the story and the slow uncovering of [Maclean’s] treachery a gripping narrative’ Alan Bennett

Agent Sonya

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Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0593136322
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Book Synopsis Agent Sonya by : Ben Macintyre

Download or read book Agent Sonya written by Ben Macintyre and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “master storyteller” (San Francisco Chronicle) behind the New York Times bestseller The Spy and the Traitor uncovers the true story behind one of the Cold War’s most intrepid spies. “[An] immensely exciting, fast-moving account.”—The Washington Post NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Foreign Affairs • Kirkus Reviews • Library Journal In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small cottage with her three children and her husband, who worked as a machinist nearby. Ursula Burton was friendly but reserved, and spoke English with a slight foreign accent. By all accounts, she seemed to be living a simple, unassuming life. Her neighbors in the village knew little about her. They didn’t know that she was a high-ranking Soviet intelligence officer. They didn’t know that her husband was also a spy, or that she was running powerful agents across Europe. Behind the facade of her picturesque life, Burton was a dedicated Communist, a Soviet colonel, and a veteran agent, gathering the scientific secrets that would enable the Soviet Union to build the bomb. This true-life spy story is a masterpiece about the woman code-named “Sonya.” Over the course of her career, she was hunted by the Chinese, the Japanese, the Nazis, MI5, MI6, and the FBI—and she evaded them all. Her story reflects the great ideological clash of the twentieth century—between Communism, Fascism, and Western democracy—and casts new light on the spy battles and shifting allegiances of our own times. With unparalleled access to Sonya’s diaries and correspondence and never-before-seen information on her clandestine activities, Ben Macintyre has conjured a page-turning history of a legendary secret agent, a woman who influenced the course of the Cold War and helped plunge the world into a decades-long standoff between nuclear superpowers.

No Girl Left Behind

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ISBN 13 : 9781954710023
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (1 download)

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Civil War Spy

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ISBN 13 : 9781980604709
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Book Synopsis Civil War Spy by : Roy E. Hoover JD

Download or read book Civil War Spy written by Roy E. Hoover JD and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil War Spy and the Women he left Behind blends action, scurrilous romance and history into a fascinating story reminiscent of Gone with the Wind. Based upon the Author's distant relation, George Pittman, anyone interested in the American Civil War will enjoy this book immensely. This sensationalized account creates such a compelling, exciting and potentially controversial novel that everyone will want to talk about it, even if certain aspects disagree with their philosophy. It is unlike anything written recently! Now includes photos of actual sites.Disheartened by the lack of mail, the Spy and his wife become unsure if their love has survived the gnawing doubt those years of separation has foisted upon them.Eventually this brings potential lovers to the door of the wife, which causes stirrings deep within that weakens her resolve. The feelings frighten her, for she knows that any hint of impropriety may reach her husband and cause their marriage to disintegrate.Meanwhile, to keep up his image as a gallant Confederate Officer, the Spy has become involved with a Woman-of-the-South that provides sustenance to his lonely soul. It is her love that requires her to chase him throughout the South.In time, frustration and loneliness compels his wife to go find him, and she narrowly misses catching another woman in his bed.If you are looking for adventure in pursuit of rare secrets, then check out this ambitious blend of action and love for the sake of love. It is full of just enough of the right kind of detail to make you feel as if you are there, and the characters are congenial and believable, while not being stereotypical. All of them present memorable and deeply human emotions, as they traverse the unusual pitfalls of life. Their intense relationships are as much a part of this story as is the twisting, breathless sequence of events.Civil War Spy and the Women he left Behind presents an astonishing roller coaster of emotions that run wild. This book will not let the reader ignore it and the mysteries and complexities of the characters will make you wish you could chase their dreams and tolerate their fears.This novel builds up to an amazing ending that will leave you wanting more and saying, "Good for her!"Civil War Spy and the Women he left Behind, as well as the prequel, West to the Sun, are smoothly blended into the much larger novel, Lavenders of Eternal Bliss: An American Family Saga.Other books by Roy E. Hoover include:Sisters of Covet: Chasing What-might-have-been, available as a hardcopy edition.Lavenders of Eternal Bliss: An American Family Saga,The Thorn from the Holy Crown,How to Write eBooks Today,West to the Sun.

Left Behind with the Homies

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479702048
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)

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Book Synopsis Left Behind with the Homies by : Herman Fontenette

Download or read book Left Behind with the Homies written by Herman Fontenette and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the last days on Earth. Deception was in its greatest form as people worshipped money and the things it brought foward. Deonica Joyner thought she had it made as her bank account grew from dating a multi-millionaire oil tycoon. She turned her back on spirituality only to be left-behind on Earth. The Wallace twins had the best opportunity to be caught up with their mother than the thugs they ran the streets with. They too became left-behind as they witnessed Jesus in the sky while on a mission to Mexico to rescue Deonica from her captives. She placed money over God as the twins chose the thug-life to be Left Behind with the Homies.

Things Left Behind

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1491805897
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)

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Book Synopsis Things Left Behind by : Stanford O. Lewis

Download or read book Things Left Behind written by Stanford O. Lewis and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-09-06 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone will thoroughly enjoy this book. It is an exciting recollection of stories, incidents and interactions from the past, an unforgettable experience growing up in St. Kitts-Nevis. The descriptive accounts resonate with those who grew up in the Caribbean, on an island, encountered similar characters whether in a village, school or community, or had similar experiences. It is guaranteed to make you laugh and reminisce as it recalls a cherished past. The younger generation will marvel at life back in the day, how parents and elders enjoyed their past time and will have a window onto an unimaginable life of their elders. It is a fantastic read with universal appeal and anyone is guaranteed to enjoy it. You will savor the nostalgia as it recaptures the early socialization and many cultural themes of the fifties, sixties and early seventies when life was different. If you grew up in this era, it is reminiscent of the good old days. Fort those who have been away too long, who have forgotten or are too young to know or remember, this is a great resource. It has something for everyone. Every chapter is a walk down memory lane savoring the days of a youthful innocence. It is a must read and you will need a comfortable seat.

A Thousand Places Left Behind

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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496845153
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Book Synopsis A Thousand Places Left Behind by : Peter K. Lutken Jr.

Download or read book A Thousand Places Left Behind written by Peter K. Lutken Jr. and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2023-05-03 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born and raised in Mississippi, Peter K. Lutken, Jr. (1920–2014) joined the army in 1941 and was assigned to the Coast Artillery. Originally sent to India to guard airfields, he was reassigned to the British V Force, then the American OSS (Office of Strategic Services and precursor to the CIA) after he volunteered for reconnaissance missions behind Japanese lines. Skills he had learned as a boy in the backwoods and swamps around the Pearl River stood him in good stead, and by the end of the war, he attained the rank of major, commanding an entire battalion of ethnic Kachins and other local people of northern Burma (now called Myanmar). Lutken's stories carry the reader along as he sails on a troop ship to India, then treks into the mountainous jungles of northern Burma to gather intelligence and engage in guerrilla warfare with the Japanese. In his straightforward way, he describes how he learned the language of the Kachins and much about their customs and legends, and how he fought alongside them for the course of the war. Adventures of rafting uncharted rivers, surprise attacks, sabotage, natural hazards and disease, feasts and ceremonies, the plight of refugees, and tragic events of war are all told from the perspective of a young soldier, who finds himself half a world away from home. Based on hundreds of pages of transcripts from tapes recorded late in his life, A Thousand Places Left Behind recounts the untold story not just of one soldier’s experiences, but of the little-known history of American and British forces in Burma during World War II. Supported by original maps based on Lutken’s personal travels as well as photographs from his scrapbook, the book traces Lutken’s journey overseas, his expeditions into the jungle, and his return to Jackson, Mississippi in 1945. Beyond the war, Lutken’s connection with the Kachins culminated in “Project Old Soldier,” a crop exchange program which he and other veterans of OSS Detachment 101 initiated in the 1990s and which lasted until after his death in 2014. The book tells a remarkable story of bravery, friendship, history, and the unbreakable bonds forged in times of war.

The Girl He Left Behind Him. A Novel

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Girl He Left Behind Him. A Novel written by Richard Mounteney Jephson and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: