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Anthony Summers

    21 dicembre 1942

    Anthony Summers è autore bestseller di otto libri di saggistica. Le sue opere investigative approfondiscono eventi e figure cruciali, cercando di scoprire la verità attraverso una ricerca e un'analisi meticolose. La sua scrittura è caratterizzata da un profondo scavo in argomenti complessi, con l'obiettivo di presentare ai lettori una comprensione completa delle realtà che esplora.

    Anthony Summers
    Official and Confidential
    Not In Your Lifetime
    The Eleventh Day
    A Matter of Honor
    La vita segreta di J. Edgar Hoover
    Marilyn Monroe
    • 2017

      We thought we knew the story well: On December 7, 1941, 2,403 Americans died when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, devastating the nation and precipitating entry into World War II. In the aftermath, Admiral Husband Kimmel, commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, was relieved of command, accused of dereliction of duty, and publicly disgraced. The fact was, however, that-through sheer inefficiency-the top brass in Washington had failed to provide Kimmel with vital intelligence. Then, in the name of protecting the biggest U.S. intelligence secret of the day, they and top officials allowed the Admiral and the Army commander in Hawaii to be made scapegoats for the catastrophe. The Admiral fought to clear his name for the rest of his long life. After Kimmel's death his sons-both Navy veterans-continued the fight. Both houses of Congress approved the posthumous restoration of the Admiral's four-star rank, only to be blocked by the Navy bureaucracy. Today Kimmel's grandchildren maintain the struggle-for them, it is a matter of honor. In this conversation-changing book, Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan go far beyond the fall and fight-back of one man. They unravel the many apparent mysteries of Pearl Harbor, clear President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the charge that he knew the attack was coming, and uncover duplicity and betrayal in high places in Washington. The authors, Pulitzer Prize finalists for their revelatory book on 9/11, The Eleventh Day, have conducted extraordinary research, with unrivaled access to documents, diaries, and letters. A Matter of Honor is a heartbreaking human story of politics and war-and epic history

      A Matter of Honor
    • 2013
    • 2012

      The Eleventh Day

      • 864pagine
      • 31 ore di lettura

      "Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan have written the definitive account of 9/11. The shockwaves of the September 11, 2001 attacks in America reverberate to this day. Though Osama Bin Laden has been killed, questions remain. What exactly happened? Could 9/11 have been prevented? How and why did so much acrimony and misinformation arise from the ashes of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a quiet field in Pennsylvania? And what has yet to be revealed? The Eleventh Day, written with access to thousands of recently released official documents, is updated for this edition and reports on a development which the former chairman of Congress' 9/11 probe describes as the most important in years ."

      The Eleventh Day
    • 2005
    • 2003

      Kniha Anthonyho Summerse "Arogance moci" je zatím nejnovější biografií amerického prezidenta z přelomu šedesátých a semdesátých let dvacátého století, za jehož éry byla ve spolupráci se státním tajemníkem Henrym Kissingerem ukončena vleklá válka ve Vietnamu. Nixonova politická dráha však nakonec skončila v důsledku aféry Watergate neslavně – ústavní obžalobou a nucenou abdikací. Autor bohatě využívá nových pramenů, především oficiálních tajných dokumentů, jež byly v poslední době zveřejněny, a kromě toho vedl rozsáhlou korespondenci a řadu rozhovorů s dosud žijícími aktéry událostí, které v knize líčí. Silnou a čtenářsky jistě velmi přitažlivou stránkou knihy je otevřený pohled do zákulisí americké politiky, především na režiii a průběh prezidentských volebních kampaní, na Nixonovo rozvětvené spojení se světem organizovaného zločinu i tajných služeb, na poměry v aparátu a na fungování politických stran, především Republikánské, na roli spolupracovníků a poradců jakož i na jeho vlastní rodinný život.

      Richard Nixon. Arogance moci
    • 1993
    • 1993
    • 1992

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      Poslední kniha o atentátu na J. F. K.

      • 588pagine
      • 21 ore di lettura

      Poslední kniha o atentátu na J. F. K., dramatické svědectví a nové důkazy. Kniha má čtyři části: DALLAS - otevřený a skrytý případ, OSWALD - zbloudilec nebo loutka?, KUBA - Klíč ke zločinu a KONEC HRY - klam a tragédie.

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