Through dramatic incidents tells for the first time the full story of the development of Cold War naval intelligence from the end of WWII to the breakup the Soviet Union in 1991; from both sides; East and West. Unlike other accounts; which focus on submarine confrontations and accidents; the authors cover all types of naval intelligence; human collection (racing with the Soviets to capture Nazi subs; successful and losing spies and defectors); signal intelligence (surface; air; satellite and navy commando teams in balaclavas launched by speed boats from subs); acoustic (passive underwater arrays and tapping phone lines); and the aerial and space reconnaissance. The authors give details of operations in all these areas; some of which were witnessed first hand.""A new light is shed on the spy ships incidents of the 1960s and on submarine intrusions in Swedish waters. Excerpts of the Soviet Navy instructions on UFOs and accounts of Soviet naval encounters with unexplained objects are also published for the first time outside of Russia; and much more.""
#1782958 in Books Tamar Jacoby 2004-12-01 2004-11-30Format: International EditionOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .87 x 6.00l; 1.15 #File Name: 046503635X352 pagesReinventing the Melting Pot The New Immigrants and What It Means to Be American
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Good effort.By A CustomerOverall; not a bad effort and worth the time to read for anyone interested in immigration and assimilation. However; the book lacks any real cohesion (perhaps because it is a collection of essays by many authors) and the first third of the book is extremely repetitive to the point that I felt I was reading the same essay over and over. Also; a few factual errors seem to jump out and detract from the book. For instance; Peter D. Salins refers to the U.S. Constitution as "the new country's first formal government" - it wasn't; and John McWhorter states that modern English is two thousand years old - it isn't.17 of 24 people found the following review helpful. The melting pot...By Skeptic....was used in the original quote to describe "all the races of Europe;" and not all cultures and national origins as suggested by Ms. Jacoby's synopsis. In any event; current waves are radically different for many reasons; articulated by Victor Davis Hansen; Samuel Huntington and others.Time will tell whether remaking this country; soon to be permanently multicultural for the first time since its inception; will be an improvement or not. But if we are to chose the current Bush No-Borders Status Quo; we had better be certain that a nation of 500 million and growing; and increasingly unable and unwilling to communicate and interact; will be a better America than the one we have today. Will our environment; our schools; our wages; our security; our cities be better or worse?If the latter; we may look back on Polyannas such as Ms. Jacoby and lament. Look to California for a sneak peek.5 of 13 people found the following review helpful. What it Means to Be an AmericanBy A CustomerThis collection of essays is about assimilation in two senses. First; the subject concerns the process; so commonplace in this country that we forget how unique it is in the entire world; where people from other countries become citizens of America. This process involves not only the formal steps of naturalization; but the changes immigrants make to become part of American society; and the way their assimilation; in turns; changes American society. This subject is that rare topic that is both important and interesting. Open this book to any page and you'll learn something you didn't know about America's social history; and something you'll welcome adding to your knowledge of this country. The book is about assimilation in a second sense: 21 essayists from different professions and viewpoints put forward a sense of how assimilation works in the 21st century that hangs together; and gives hope that America will cohere and endure.
