Soldiers, Spies, and the Rat Line: America's Undeclared War Against the Soviets

Milano, Col. James V; and Brogan, Patrick

ISBN 10: 1574880500 / ISBN 13: 9781574880502

Published by Brassey's, Washington, USA, 1995

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Hardcover with red boards and pictorial dustjacket, edition not stated, 530gms, 242 pages. This is the story of a group of young U.S. Army intelligence officers who, after Germany's surrender in WW2, carried out some of the first intelligence efforts of the postwar era and practically inventing the techniques of Cold War espionage. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and mild page discolouration throughout. Dust jacket is in good condition with only mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Attached picture is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title your looking for - why not ask us direct. With over 20,000 books in stock we can't list them all!!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Soldiers, Spies, and the Rat Line: America's Undeclared War Against the Soviets
• Publisher: Brassey's, Washington, USA
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1574880500
• ISBN 13: 9781574880502
• Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
• Edition: Edition Not Stated
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • War/Military

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Synopsis

After Germany’s surrender in World War II, Jim Milano, a young U.S. army intelligence officer, led a small, independent group of soldiers charged with carrying out some of the first intelligence efforts of the postwar era. Inventing the techniques of Cold War espionage for themselves and improvising unorthodox methods, the major and his creative cohorts confounded Soviet forces and created escape routes for defectors. In the pages of Milano’s fascinating memoir you'll find the shadowy world populated by spies, prostitutes, refugees, scoundrels, and heroes comes alive.

From the Back Cover

After Germany's surrender in World War II, Jim Milano, a young U.S. Army intelligence officer, led a small, independent group of soldiers charged with carrying out some of the first intelligence efforts of the postwar era. Inventing the techniques of Cold War espionage for themselves, improvising unorthodox methods that Milano now admits were questionable, the major and his creative cohorts spied on and confounded the Soviet occupation forces in Austria, and arranged for defectors from the East to escape along a "rat line" to South America. After Milano's tour of duty ended, his brilliant underground network was used - as he later learned to his horror - to help Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie escape punishment. Soldiers, Spies, and the Rat Line recounts the exciting, frequently rowdy adventures of young men in the dangerous late-1940s Austria of Graham Greene's The Third Man. It is an exciting and amusing true story of America's first troops on a new, clandestine, front line.