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  • Reinhard Gehlen: Hitler’s Spymaster

    From the Eastern Front in WW2 to Cold War CIA Asset

    by Norman Ridley ...
    A revealing study of Reinhard Gehlen’s rise from Nazi intelligence to Cold War spymaster for the West.Eleven years after Reinhard Gehlen, the head of Adolf Hitler’s Eastern Front military intelligence unit, emerged from hiding to hand himself over to US forces, he had, with the help of the American CIA, created a legend for himself as founder and first president of the West German Secret Service. ... Read more

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  • The Secret War Between Hitler and Stalin

    Intelligence and Counterintelligence on the Eastern Front

    by Norman Ridley ...
    A gripping account of the brutal intelligence war between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia during WWII.The intelligence war between Germany and the Soviet Union, ignited by Operation Barbarossa on 22 June 1941, was fiercely contested over four years. Neither side was prepared for the scale of the conflict, and both quickly developed methods to assess and counter each other’s military intentions.This ... Read more

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  • The Horror of Himmler's Death Squads

    The Einsatzgruppen and the Holocaust in the Baltics

    by Norman Ridley ...
    During WWII, Heinrich Himmler's murder squads, the Einsatzgruppen, carried out mass executions in the Baltic states that significantly altered the Holocaust. During the Second World War, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were occupied on three separate occasions – twice by the Soviet Union and once by Nazi Germany. The signing of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact of 1939 allowed the Soviets to dominate the ... Read more

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  • Standing Up To Hitler

    Resistance in Nazi Germany

    by Norman Ridley ...
    Researches the Germans who resisted Hitler despite facing imprisonment, torture, and execution.Resistance in Nazi Germany was a brave but extreme reaction to the totalitarian regime, requiring individuals to confront evil, face torture, and risk death. In a country with no tolerance for dissent, opposition meant confronting the brutal consequences of one's actions, often with little hope of ... Read more

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  • When The World Stood on the Brink of Nuclear War

    Superpower Face-off: The Suez Crisis and the Hungarian Uprising

    by Norman Ridley ...
    The 1956 Suez Crisis and Hungarian Uprising exposed the limits of U.S. and U.S.S.R. influence despite their superpower status.The post-war world was dominated by the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R., but the events of 1956 exposed their limitations. On 22 October 1956, following Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser’s nationalisation of the Suez Canal, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden secretly met with ... Read more

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  • General George Washington – Spymaster Agent 711

    The Intelligence Battle during the American War of Independence

    by Norman Ridley ...
    “You’ll get plenty of tales of clever ruses and dead drops— Washington was a fan of intel. This book explains how spying aided the American fight for independence.” – Historical Miniatures Gaming SocietyWhen the American War of Independence broke out, the American, British and French intelligence agencies were particularly well structured, but it soon became apparent to all involved that victory ... Read more

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  • Hitler's British Nazis

    The Hidden Story of the Fascist Movement in the UK

    by Norman Ridley ...
    Following the end of the First World War, many countries experienced economic decline. Unemployment, high inflation, low wages and poor working conditions led to widespread unrest. This manifested itself in the rise of powerful militaristic leaders, first in Italy where fascism was born, and then in Germany and elsewhere. The policies of the likes of Mussolini and Hitler were hugely popular, and ... Read more

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  • Hitler's U.S. Allies

    Americans Who Supported the Nazis

    by Norman Ridley ...
    How the end of World War I led to economic instability and rise of fascist ideologies worldwide. In many countries around the world, the end of the First World War, far from leading to a new world order of stability, ushered in an era of uncertainty and economic decline. To solve the problems of unemployment, high inflation, low wages and poor working conditions, many turned to the political right ... Read more

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  • Nazi Propaganda Through Art & Architecture

    Creating the Myth of Hitler's Third Reich

    by Norman Ridley ...
    Norman Ridley explores how Hitler's artistic and architectural vision for Germany led to the monumental structures which we now associate with the Third Reich. When the Nazis came to power in January 1933, they began a program of transforming Germany from a democracy into a totalitarian state, but it was not a matter of simply enforcing compliance. The people had to be coaxed into believing in the ... Read more

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  • The Road to Barbarossa

    Soviet-German Relations, 1917–1941

    by Norman Ridley ...
    From the chaos of the First World War, during which Germany and Russia had fought each other to a standstill, there emerged two societies whose diametrically opposed ideologies of communism and fascism represented the opposite extremes of the political spectrum. Despite this, in time the governments and military establishments in both countries were able to create an environment where political ... Read more

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  • Hitler and Poland

    How the Independence of one Country led the World to War in 1939

    by Norman Ridley ...
    This book explores the tumultuous period following the First World War, where Poland, caught between the competing ambitions of Germany and the Soviet Union, navigates political upheaval, territorial disputes, and the emerging threat of Hitler. Following the end of the First World War, the newly reformed state of Poland was wedged uncomfortably between the two dominant nations of Germany and the ... Read more

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  • Reading Hitler's Mind

    The Intelligence Failure that led to WW2

    by Norman Ridley ...
    A study of how to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain approached his dealings with Hitler & Germany and what intelligence influenced his strategy—"A valuable work for anyone interested in the origins of World War II" ( The NYMAS Review )."A useful and insightful introduction to a crucial period in world history, with lessons for both the intelligence scholar and the history enthusiast" ( ... Read more

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