Roland Perry è un autore la cui opera approfondisce la storia, con un focus particolare sull'Australia durante le guerre mondiali. I suoi scritti sono caratterizzati da una ricerca meticolosa e narrazioni avvincenti che trasportano il lettore nel passato. Perry esplora le vite di figure significative ed eventi storici cruciali, sottolineando il loro impatto e lascito. Il suo approccio fonde il rigore accademico con l'abilità letteraria, creando opere che sono sia informative che coinvolgenti.
From Changi and Darwin to Kokoda - the Triumph of Bravery, Mateship and Courage That Saved Us in World War II
530pagine
19 ore di lettura
Set against the backdrop of World War II, this narrative explores Australia's struggle for survival amid global conflict. It delves into the challenges faced by the nation, highlighting key events and the resilience of its people. As part of the HACHETTE MILITARY COLLECTION, the book offers a detailed account of military strategies, societal impacts, and the determination that characterized Australia's efforts during this tumultuous period.
Roland Perry has spoken to key players in M15 and the KGB, in London, Australia and Moscow in order to end decades of speculation about post-war British espionage. He reveals the identity of the "Fifth Man" - the man who assumed the legacies of Philby, Burgess, Maclean and Blunt.
The most damaging spy network of the Cold Warthe infamous Cambridge Spy Ringwas comprised of several powerful and influential British citizensand one American, Michael Straight. Born to a wealthy New England family, Straight attended Cambridge University in the 1930s, and there he fell in with the notorious circle of young men working for Soviet intelligence Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, Anthony Blunt, and Kim Philby, who was to become the most famous spy of the century.For the next several decades, Michael Straight led a secret life: While working at the State Department, he passed intelligence reports to a Russian agent; while running his family’s magazine, The New Republic, he funded several communist fronts; and while serving U.S. presidents, including John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, he continued to meet with agents around the world.Despite Michael Straight’s 1963 confession” to the FBI that his covert activity ceased in 1941, investigative journalist and author Roland Perry has unearthed a different story. Incorporating material from exclusive interviews with Michael Straight, members of his family, and former KGB agents (Perry has been careful to corroborate all KGB-supplied information), as well as archival research from the CIA, FBI, and Soviet intelligence, Perry presents a full and complete portrait of Michael Straight, the last of the Cold War spies.
Cheetah: Der schnellste und mächtigste Mega-Computer der Welt — darauf trainiert, sein Programm unermüdlich zu verfolgen ... um alles zu beseitigen, was sich ihm in den Weg stellt. Cheetah: Das Kind eines Vaters und Sohnes — Chefs von Lasercomp, dem größten multinationalen Unternehmen der Welt. Cheetah: Amerika hat es. Russland hat es. Und eine schöne amerikanische Journalistin wurde getötet, während sie versuchte, seinen dunklen Zweck aufzudecken. Aber Ed Graham, ihr Liebhaber, wird weitermachen — gefangen zwischen der CIA, dem KGB, dem britischen Geheimdienst und einem Netzwerk von Auftragskillern... Denn er allein kennt den Masterplan: einen Marionettenpräsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten zu schaffen. Und Phase Eins steht kurz bevor.
