Operation Rollback America&39s Secret War Behind the Iron Curtain [Paperback]

Fascinating . . . well-documented . . . thought-provoking and entertaining” (Publishers Weekly), Operation Rollback is a tale of intrigue and espionage that reveals how and why suspicions on both sides drove the world into the Cold War. In 1945 the United States and the Soviet Union started secretly mobilizing forces against each other, building intricate intelligence networks of spies and digging in for the postwar era. America’s secret action plan, known as Rollback, was an audacious strategy of espionage, subversion, and sabotage. Concealed for four decades by all involved, the dangerous episodes of the Rollback campaign have only now come to light.

Fascinating . . . well-documented . . . thought-provoking and entertaining” (Publishers Weekly), Operation Rollback is a tale of intrigue and espionage that reveals how and why suspicions on both sides drove the world into the Cold War. In 1945 the United States and the Soviet Union started secretly mobilizing forces against each other, building intricate intelligence networks of spies and digging in for the postwar era. America’s secret action plan, known as Rollback, was an audacious strategy of espionage, subversion, and sabotage. Concealed for four decades by all involved, the dangerous episodes of the Rollback campaign have only now come to light.

Contents Overture: The Vexing “Mr. X” 1 The two visions of George F. Kennan I AN IRON CURTAIN OVER EUROPE

1 Nazis and Communists 11 “People of whom we know nothing” . . . unilateral disarmament of intelligence . . . the secret of “Wild Bill” . . .
Russians: allies or enemies? . . . Germans: enemies or allies? . . . the “rat line”

2 Resistance 32 Crackly radio signals from the Baltics to the Balkans . . . the Forest Brothers . . . Romania’s load of plenty . . . Hungary’s Scarlet Pimpernel . . . “bandits” from Ukraine . . .
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