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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When the launch of their powerful new hypersonic missile ends in destruction, the Chinese government needs someone to blame. Was it a failure of engineering, or sabotage? The chief engineer on the project, Dr. Yang Dàyóu, is targeted as the scapegoat and arrested--unable to help his family as they are hunted down by the military. Op-Center's Lt. Grace Lee is sent to China on a solo reconnaissance mission, but when she sees an opportunity to free...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Reveals the covert operations that have brought the United States and Iran to the brink of open war, including Iran's proposal for peace after 9/11, which was rejected by President Bush, and Iran's secret army in post-U.S. invasion Iraq.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A dangerous rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia has plunged the Middle East into sectarian war. From revolution in Iran, reaction by Saudi Arabia, and wars in Afghanistan, Lebanon and Iraq, how religion and power politics drive perpetual conflict.
Series
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Examines the development of cancer immunotherapies and lung cancer vaccines in Cuba, the history of biomedical research in the country, and efforts to collaborate with partners in the United States despite the embargo.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The annotated diaries of the late influential American diplomat and foreign policy strategist spans ninety years of U.S. history while sharing his insights into Depression-era capitalism, the Cold War, and his literary achievements.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pulitzer Prize winning humanitarian Samantha Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?" In this memoir, Power transports us from her childhood in Dublin to the streets of war-torn Bosnia to the White House Situation Room and the world of high-stakes diplomacy. In 2005, her critiques of U.S. foreign policy caught the eye of newly elected senator Barack Obama, who invited her to work with him on Capitol Hill and then on...
10) Putin's revenge
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An investigation of how the U.S. struggled to confront Vladimir Putin over Russian involvement in the 2016 election, how revenge may have motivated Putin to target American democracy, and the U.S. responses under Presidents Obama and Trump.
11) Daughter of war
Author
Series
Pike Logan thriller volume 13
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2019
Language
English
Description
Hot on the trail of a North Korean looking to sell sensitive US intelligence to the Syrian regime, Pike Logan and the Taskforce stumble upon something much graver: the sale of a lethal substance called Red Mercury. Unbeknownst to the Taskforce, the Syrians plan to use the weapon of mass destruction against American and Kurdish forces, and blame the attack on terrorists, causing western nations to reassess their participation in the murky cauldron...
Author
Series
Nir Tavor Mossad thriller volume 3
Publisher
Ten Peaks Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Tensions are at a breaking point. The Western markets that once relied on Russian gas have turned to Israel for their energy needs. Furious, Russia surreptitiously moves to protect their interests by using their newfound ally, Iran, and Iran's proxy militias. As Israel's elite fighting forces and the Mossad go undercover, they detect the Kremlin is planning a major attack against Israel. Hunting for clues, Mossad agents Nir Tavor and Nicole le Roux...
14) The kingdom
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, causing an international incident to ignite.
15) Confronting ISIS
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Investigating the U.S.-led efforts to degrade and destroy ISIS. Reporting from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, and Turkey, the film examines the successes, failures, and challenges of the fight, as ISIS loses ground in the region but strikes out abroad.
Author
Series
Blackstone legacy volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From the steppes of Russia to the corridors of power in Washington, Natalia and Dimitri will fight against all odds to save the railroad and share the truth of what happened, but how can their newfound love survive the ordeal?"--
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