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The Widow Spy by Martha D. Peterson

The Widow Spy is the first hand account of a true Cold War spy operation in Moscow, told exclusively by the CIA case officer who lived this experience. She was one of the first women to be assigned to Moscow, a very difficult operational environment. Her story begins in Laos during the Vietnam War where she accompanied her husband, a CIA officer. She describes their life in a small city in Laos, ending with the tragic death of her husband. Then her own thirty year career begins in Moscow, where she walks the dark streets alone, placing dead-drops and escaping the relentless eye of the KGB. Experience her arrest and detention in Lyubianka Prison, as only she can relate it. What she reveals in The Widow Spy has never been told.

SPETSNAZ by Victor Suvorov

Viktor Suvorov is a Soviet army officer who defected to the West. Here is the full story of the Spetsnaz forces, the Soviet army's secret killer elite. This book is essential reading for understanding what Putin is doing in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics. Everything Suvorov says about the purpose and deployment of SPETSNAZ troops is relevant today. The Putin Doctrine includes domination or in some cases outright reintegration of former Soviet Republics, and Putin Increasingly uses GRU SPETSNAZ special forces to carry out these goals.

The Wars of Afghanistan

As Ambassador and Special Envoy on Afghanistan from 1989 to 1992, Peter Tomsen has had close relationships with Afghan leaders and has dealt with senior Taliban, warlords, and religious leaders involved in the region’s conflicts over the last two decades. Now Tomsen draws on a rich trove of never-before-published material to shed new light on the American involvement in the long and continuing Afghan war.

This book offers a deeply informed perspective on how Afghanistan’s history as a “shatter zone” for foreign invaders and its tribal society have shaped the modern Afghan narrative. It brings to life the appallingly misinformed secret operations by foreign intelligence agencies, including the Soviet NKVD and KGB, the Pakistani ISI, and the CIA.

American policy makers, Tomsen argues, still do not understand Afghanistan; nor do they appreciate how the CIA’s covert operations and the Pentagon’s military strategy have strengthened extremism in the country. At this critical time, he shows how the U.S. and the coalition it leads can assist the region back to peace and stability.

Freedom Through Vigilance Vol I

A detailed history of U.S. Air Force Security Service (USAFSS) by author Larry Tart. Volume I covers USAFSS Headquarters History and Women in USAFSS. Read More About Freedom Through Vigilance Volume I.

Freedom Through Vigilance Vol II

A detailed history of U.S. Air Force Security Service (USAFSS) by author Larry Tart. Volume II covers USAFSS Ground Sites in Europe, Libya, Turkey & Pakistan Read More About Freedom Through Vigilance Volume II.

The Price of Vigilance

The Price of Vigilance pays moving tribute to the courage and patriotism of all the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy crews, including those captured and the more than two hundred who never returned. Authors Larry Tart and Robert Keefe wish to publicly acknowledge to the families, and to the nation, that we will never forget their sacrifice. Read More About The Price of Vigilance

Cold War Warrior

Cold War Warrior is the memoir of a boy who grew to manhood in the service of his country during the height of the Cold War. As a Russian linguist in the United States Air Force Security Service, Warren Knight bore witness to the construction of the Berlin Wall, the U-2 incident, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and an adversary's Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile test. While manning a high-tech listening post on a remote Far Eastern island, or on a jungle survival course in the Philippines, the author's stories are both compelling and informative and document a chapter in the American saga that was as fraught with genuine peril as any in our history.

Ally to Adversary

An Eyewitness Account of Iraq's Fall from Grace by Rick Francona. An excellent account of the Gulf War from an insider who was there and who had an extensive prior background in Middle Eastern affairs.

Body of Secrets

Author James Bamford, published by Doubleday, ISBN 0385499078 . By the best-selling author of "The Puzzle Palace," this is a no-holds barred examination of the National Security Agency--packed with startling secrets about its past, newsbreaking revelations about its present-day activities, and chilling predictions about its furure powers and reach.

The Puzzle Palace

A Report on America's Most Secret Agency by James Bamford

Blind Man's Bluff

Authors Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew. No espionage missions have been kept more secret than those involving American submarines. Only presidents and a select few have known the truth about the submarines that have for decades silently roamed the depths in a dangerous battle for information and advantage. Even the families of the men on board had no idea what their husbands, sons and brothers were doing, and anyone who went looking for the truth behind these mysterious missions found only a veil of silence. (excerpted from inside front cover).

Spy Flights of the Cold War

Author Paul Lashmar, published by Naval Institute Press in 1996, ISBN 1557508372. Here for the first time is the full story of the Cold War's secret but very real war in which hundreds of combatants lost their lives. Long before Gary Powers' U-2 spyplane ws shot down over the USSR in 1960, an undeclared war was being fought in the stratosphere. This was the aerial espionage war between the West and the Soviet Union. (excerpted from inside front cover).

The Baltic Sea Incident by Delray Dvoracek

It is October, 1962, a crucial period in history when the Cuban missile crisis is coming to a head. In remote corners of the earth, Air Force reconnaissance missions are flown around the clock monitoring Russian military radio intelligence, all in an effort to ascertain what military material is being sent to Cuba, in what quantities, and from what point of origin. A flight crew of five and ten Russian linguists take off from Frankfurt, Germany, in a C-130 Hercules reconnaissance plane on what begins as a routine surveillance flight. Unforeseen events and miscalculations turn the mission into a nightmare of fear. The disaster in the Baltic Sea is kept silent while Washington and the Kremlin play the game of diplomacy and bluff. However, their final decisions are not without consequences. For those Airmen who don?t know deals are being made, escape and evasion have become a very deadly game.

Code to Victory

Author Arnold C. Franco. An interesting, 238-page softcover accounting of the beginning of U.S. communications intelligence support to air force operations. The author details how the 3rd Radio Squadron Mobile was activated in England during WW II and how after D-Day, it moved to and supported Army Air Corps operations in France and Germany during the final months of WW II. The nucleus of this operation later evolved into the 2nd RSM that the Air Force Security Service inherited from the Army Security Agency in 1948. (brief review by Larry Tart).

Torpdoed

Now, for the first time ever, Ed Pope tells the real story of what led to his becoming the first American since Gary Powers to be convicted of espionage in Russia. Combining a gripping account of his arrest, trial and 253-day imprisonment with a deeply disturbing look at today's Russia, Pope's harrowing story reads like a Le Carr? novel come to life. And with a large dollop of espionage-insider information and secret submarine warfare technology, Ed Pope's harrowing memoir will remind readers of the best of Tom Clancy.

Burning Amber

Author Tommy H. Smart. During the Cold War, the U. S. conducted airborne communications reconnaissance flights near the Russian coastline. This book is a novel about one of those aircraft, which was brought down by Soviet fighters, with part of the crew being captured and interrogated, and then escaping.

Mission to Tokyo

Author Robert F. Dorr. Mission to Tokyo takes the reader on a World War II strategic bombing mission from an airfield on the western Pacific island of Tinian to Tokyo and back. Told in the veterans' words, Mission to Tokyo is a narrative of every aspect of long range bombing, including pilots and other aircrew, groundcrew, and escort fighters that accompanied the heavy bombers on their perilous mission.

Mission to Berlin

Author Robert F. Dorr. Mission to Berlin takes the reader on a World War II strategic bombing mission from an airfield in East Anglia, England, to Berlin and back. Told largely in the veterans’ own words, Mission to Berlin covers all aspects of a long-range bombing mission including pilots and other aircrew, groundcrew, and escort fighters that accompanied the heavy bombers on their perilous mission.

Hell Hawks

Authors Robert F. Dorr & Thomas D. Jones. Hell Hawks sets a new standard for histories of the tactical anti-war in Europe. Veteran authors Bob Dorr and Tom Jones combine masterfully crafted veteran interviews with the broader picture of the air war fought by the Thunderbolt men. You gain a new appreciation of just how tough their deadly task was, and the courage needed to fly close air support against the Nazi fighters and flak. This outstanding book raises the bar on aviation history as it brings alive the true story of an aerial band of brothers."

- Colonel Walter J. Boyne, National Aviation Hall of Famer, former director of the National Air & Space Museum, and best-selling author

Air Force One

Author Robert F. Dorr. Climb aboard the president's office in the sky - Air Force One, the world's most recognizable airplane. This book features a detailed examination of what makes this airplane so special, including its sophisticated communications, navigation, and defensive systems. Learn about how today's 747 was built, and compare it to presidential aircraft of the past.

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