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From Warsaw with love : Polish spies, the CIA, and the forging of an unlikely alliance /

In 1990, less than a year after the Polish people participated in their first democratic election since the 1930s, the young Polish government sent a veteran spy, who had battled the West for decades, to rescue six American officers trapped in Baghdad. The CIA had asked the Polish government for hel...

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Main Author:	Pomfret, John, 1959- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Henry Holt and Company, [2021].
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > History > 20th century. Spies > Poland > History > 20th century. Poland > Politics and government > History > 20th century. Espionage, Polish > United States > History > 20th century. United States > Politics and government > History > 20th century. Poland > Foreign relations > United States. United States > Foreign relations > Poland. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General. Politics and government. United States.

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