Twilight Warriors

Covert Air Operations Against the USSR

Nonfiction, History, Military, Aviation
Cover of the book Twilight Warriors by Curtis Peebles, Naval Institute Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Curtis Peebles ISBN: 9781612513621
Publisher: Naval Institute Press Publication: June 11, 2013
Imprint: Naval Institute Press Language: English
Author: Curtis Peebles
ISBN: 9781612513621
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Publication: June 11, 2013
Imprint: Naval Institute Press
Language: English
From the start of the Cold War to the fall of Saigon, from the Congo to Tibet, from the Bay of Pigs to North Vietnam and Nicaragua, here is a comprehensive overview of U.S. air-supported covert operations against the Soviet bloc. Twilight Warriors brings a sense of continuity to the shifting, shadowy battlefronts of the Cold War, spanning the postwar decades with one fascinating account after another. The known and not-so well known are woven together to provide the big picture: failed early attempts to set up spy cells behind the Iron Curtain (confounded by the agent Kim Philby), the actual CIA plane that secretly appeared in the James Bond film "Thunderball," Operation Mongoose, clandestine "airlines," and the gutsy breed who took to the skies as airborne spies. This is a sweeping, globe-trotting account of covert ops in the post-war era that reads like an epic secret history.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
From the start of the Cold War to the fall of Saigon, from the Congo to Tibet, from the Bay of Pigs to North Vietnam and Nicaragua, here is a comprehensive overview of U.S. air-supported covert operations against the Soviet bloc. Twilight Warriors brings a sense of continuity to the shifting, shadowy battlefronts of the Cold War, spanning the postwar decades with one fascinating account after another. The known and not-so well known are woven together to provide the big picture: failed early attempts to set up spy cells behind the Iron Curtain (confounded by the agent Kim Philby), the actual CIA plane that secretly appeared in the James Bond film "Thunderball," Operation Mongoose, clandestine "airlines," and the gutsy breed who took to the skies as airborne spies. This is a sweeping, globe-trotting account of covert ops in the post-war era that reads like an epic secret history.

More books from Naval Institute Press

Cover of the book A Confederate Biography by Curtis Peebles
Cover of the book Liberty's War by Curtis Peebles
Cover of the book Guests of the Emperor by Curtis Peebles
Cover of the book Warships of the Great War Era by Curtis Peebles
Cover of the book The Great Wall at Sea, 2nd Edition by Curtis Peebles
Cover of the book China's Quest for Great Power by Curtis Peebles
Cover of the book Papa Topside by Curtis Peebles
Cover of the book 21st Century Mahan by Curtis Peebles
Cover of the book Russian Warships in the Age of Sail 1696 - 1860 by Curtis Peebles
Cover of the book Harnessing the Sky by Curtis Peebles
Cover of the book In the Shadow of Greatness by Curtis Peebles
Cover of the book Against the Tide by Curtis Peebles
Cover of the book Nazi Steel by Curtis Peebles
Cover of the book Bankrupting the Enemy by Curtis Peebles
Cover of the book Requiem for Battleship Yamato by Curtis Peebles
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy