Peter Finn Knihy

Contains the report, a timeline of the major events of the Mueller investigation, a guide to the important individuals involved, and key supporting government filings (including criminal indictments)

With publication of Herbert Corey's Great War, coeditors Peter Finn and John Maxwell Hamilton reestablish Corey's name in the annals of American war reporting. In this memoir, Corey is especially illuminating on the obstacles reporters faced in conveying the story of the Great War to Americans.

A Washington Post Best Book of the Year, this dramatic story follows a South Carolina heiress who joined the OSS and became the first American woman in uniform captured on the Western front, ultimately escaping from Nazi Germany. Gertrude "Gertie" Legendre, a big-game hunter from a wealthy family, lived a charmed life during the Jazz Age and inspired the Broadway play Holiday, later adapted into a film starring Katharine Hepburn. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, she joined the OSS, the precursor to the CIA, where she handled sensitive U.S. government secrets in Washington and London. In 1944, while on leave in liberated Paris, Legendre was captured by the Germans after inadvertently crossing the front lines. Enduring repeated interrogations, including by the Gestapo, she engaged in a daring game of deception with her captors. Treated as a special prisoner of the SS, she was moved across Germany, witnessing the collapse of Hitler's regime from a unique perspective. After six months of captivity, Legendre managed to escape into Switzerland. This account reveals a little-known chapter of World War II history and offers a compelling portrait of an extraordinary woman.

Exploring the realm of the unexplained, this book delves into ghostly phenomena through historical accounts, eerie photographs, and captivating folklore. Readers will encounter chilling tales from haunted sites like Gettysburg, Edinburgh Castle, and the White House. Engaging sidebars, graphic organizers, and fact boxes enhance the experience, inviting readers to ponder the mysteries of the supernatural and form their own beliefs about these spectral occurrences.

Die CIA, ein Buch und der Kalte Krieg: ›Doktor Schiwago‹, der Roman von Boris Pasternak, wird zur ideologischen Waffe. Ein italienischer Verlagsagent bringt das vom Kreml auf die Schwarze Liste gesetzte Manuskript heimlich außer Landes. Im Westen wird es in kurzer Zeit zum Welterfolg. Von nun an überschlagen sich die Ereignisse. Die CIA veröffentlicht das Buch in einer russischen Version und schmuggelt diese nach Moskau, um das Sowjetregime zu schwächen. Es beginnt eine Propagandaschlacht um ›Doktor Schiwago‹ , die den Autor Pasternak in Lebensgefahr bringt. Peter Finn und Petra Couveé entschlüsseln in ihrem Buch über die ›Affäre Schiwago‹ mit Bravour das gefährliche Verwirrspiel um Ideologie, Macht und Kontrolle. Sie erhielten erstmals Einsicht in die CIA-Akten, recherchierten in russischen Archiven und sprachen mit Überlebenden. Entstanden ist ein literarischer Thriller aus der Zeit des Kalten Krieges: temporeich, authentisch und präzise.