Operation Jiu Jitsu
Autor Tom Whippleen Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 mai 2027
Operation Jiu Jitsu reveals how British and American secret services joined forces during the Cold War in a covert alliance to map the USSR and establish its long range nuclear weapon capacity. It's hard to imagine today, but no reliable Western maps of the region existed after World War Two.
With the pace of a thriller, Tom Whipple brings this vital moment of Cold War history vividly to life. From allied troops hunting down Russian maps in abandoned German outposts in 1945 to the pilots of the secret Russian overflights taking aerial photographs of Russian sites while under fire, ending with Gary Powers being shot down and imprisoned by the Russians as a spy in 1960, this is the story of the joint US UK air force mission that became a CIA, quasi-civilian, secret operation.
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ISBN-10: 0857509284
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Evermore
Notă biografică
Tom Whipple is the science editor at The Times. He covers everything from archaeology to zoology. He writes news, features, reviews and commentary across the paper, as well as appearing regularly on Times Radio. He joined the paper in 2006, shortly after graduating with a degree in mathematics.
During the course of his job he has visited the tunnels below Cern and the top of Mont Blanc above it. He has seen the inside of the world's hottest sauna and the world's most irradiated nature reserve. He has interviewed Stephen Hawking and Jedward. He has been arrested in three different countries.
As well as The Times, he has written for the Guardian and The Economist. He was named science journalist of the year for his coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic.