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An unknown story of an unlikely hero--the US consul who best analyzed the threat posed by Nazi Germany and predicted the horrors to come In 1929, Raymond Geist went to Berlin as a consul and handled visas for emigrants to the US. Just before Hitler came to power, Geist expedited the exit of...

Through clouds and over mountains and farmland... Two flies accompany listeners on an adrenaline-pumping flight over war-torn Europe as the U.S. Army Air Corps' Tuskegee airmen take on a heroic, history-making mission during World War II.

Die Reisenden erreichen ihr Ziel. Der Kreis schließt sich. Und die Welt endet. Heute // Hier. Professor Chomskys Probleme nehmen neue Dimensionen an, als die Welt auf ihr Ende zutaumelt. Sarah Barrett hat einen ungewöhnlichen, nächtlichen Besucher. Morrow erfährt endlich, wer sie ist und was alles zu bedeuten hat, und sie muss eine schwierige Entscheidung treffen. Doch dazu muss sie zunächst lernen, Wahrheit von Lüge zu unterscheiden, und Freund von Feind. Heute // Dort. Ein zynischer Fremder taucht vor den Toren von Morgans Burg auf und fordert den König zu einem Duell auf Leben und Tod heraus.

With strong insight into the characters of Ernest Bevin, General Clay, Dean Acheson, and Robert Schumann, and now with a foreword by former British minister to Berlin Sir Michael Burton, this a story of individual heroism and high brinkmanship politics, of daily life under appalling circumstances, and great achievements against all odds.

On November 4, 1979, "student" supporters of the Ayatollah seized the U.S. Embassy with over sixty hostages. Although the Cold War was in full swing, the Iran hostage crisis was a watershed for the United States. Detachment A had been established in Berlin early in the Cold War to harass and delay any Soviet military advance west. This Special unit trained relentlessly for every aspect of unconventional warfare, and was later assigned a second mission of counterterrorism. Veteran and historian James Stejskal details Det A's unique and integral role in Operation Eagle Claw.

The remarkable story of Fred Mayer, a German-born Jew who escaped Nazi Germany only to return as an American commando on a secret mission behind enemy lines. Growing up in Germany, Freddy Mayer witnessed the Nazis' rise to power. When he was sixteen, his family made the decision to flee to the...