Scott Anderson

From the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia comes a gripping history of the early years of the Cold War when the CIA's covert battles against communism undermined the moral standing of the United States on the international stage.A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020In the aftermath of WWII, the mandate of the newly formed CIA was to protect democracy around the world from the Soviet Union's brutal authoritarianism. But as the Cold War escalated, American leaders succumbed to an ideological rigidity that sought to defeat the Soviets at any cost--including toppling democratically-elected governments and earning much of the world's hatred.Internationally bestselling author Scott Anderson examines this fall from grace through the riveting exploits of four spies: Michael Burke, a charming former football star fallen on hard times, Frank Wisner, the scion of a wealthy Southern family, Peter Sichel, a sophisticated German Jew who escaped the Nazis, and Edward Lansdale, a brilliant ad executive. The four ran covert operations across the globe, trying to outwit the ruthless KGB in Berlin, parachuting commandos into Eastern Europe, plotting coups, and directing wars against Communist insurgents in Asia. Initially driven by the principle of defending democracy, they came to be thwarted by malfeasance at the highest-levels of government. The Quiet Americans is the story of these four men, and how the United States, at the very pinnacle of its power, abandoned its ideals and managed to permanently damage its moral standing in the world.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYNew York Times • Christian Science Monitor • NPR • Seattle Times • St. Louis DispatchNational Book Critics Circle Finalist -- American Library Association Notable BookA thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th century history – the Arab Revolt and the secret “great game” to control the Middle East The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War One was, in the words of T.E. Lawrence, “a sideshow of a sideshow.” Amidst the slaughter in European trenches, the Western combatants paid scant attention to the Middle Eastern theater. As a result, the conflict was shaped to a remarkable degree by a small handful of adventurers and low-level officers far removed from the corridors of power. Curt Prüfer was an effete academic attached to the German embassy in Cairo, whose clandestine role was to foment Islamic jihad against British rule. Aaron Aaronsohn was a renowned agronomist and committed Zionist who gained the trust of the Ottoman governor of Syria. William Yale was the fallen scion of the American aristocracy, who traveled the Ottoman Empire on behalf of Standard Oil, dissembling to the Turks in order gain valuable oil concessions. At the center of it all was Lawrence. In early 1914 he was an archaeologist excavating ruins in the sands of Syria; by 1917 he was the most romantic figure of World War One, battling both the enemy and his own government to bring about the vision he had for the Arab people. The intertwined paths of these four men – the schemes they put in place, the battles they fought, the betrayals they endured and committed – mirror the grandeur, intrigue and tragedy of the war in the desert. Prüfer became Germany’s grand spymaster in the Middle East. Aaronsohn constructed an elaborate Jewish spy-ring in Palestine, only to have the anti-Semitic and bureaucratically-inept British first ignore and then misuse his organization, at tragic personal cost. Yale would become the only American intelligence agent in the entire Middle East – while still secretly on the payroll of Standard Oil. And the enigmatic Lawrence rode into legend at the head of an Arab army, even as he waged secret war against his own nation’s imperial ambitions. Based on years of intensive primary document research, LAWRENCE IN ARABIA definitively overturns received wisdom on how the modern Middle East was formed. Sweeping in its action, keen in its portraiture, acid in its condemnation of the destruction wrought by European colonial plots, this is a book that brilliantly captures the way in which the folly of the past creates the anguish of the present.

From the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Lawrence in Arabia, a stunningly revelatory narrative history of one of the most momentous events in modern times, the jaw-dropping stupidity of the American government, and the dawn of the age of religious nationalism.On November 16th, 1977, at a state dinner in the White House, President Jimmy Carter toasted Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, King of Kings, Light of the Aryans, Shadow of God on Earth, praising his "enlightened leadership" and extolling Iran as "a stabilizing influence in that part of the world." Iran had the world's fifth largest army and was awash in billions of dollars in oil revenues. Construction cranes dotted the skyline of its booming capital, Tehran. The regime's feared secret police force SAVAK had crushed communist opposition, and the Shah had bought off the conservative Muslim clergy inside the country. He seemed invulnerable, and invaluable to the United States as an ally in the Cold War. Fourteen months later the Shah fled Iran into exile, forced from the throne by a volcanic religious revolution led by a fiery cleric named Ayatollah Khomeini. How could the United States, which had one of the largest CIA stations in the world and thousands of military personnel in Iran, have been so blind?The spellbinding story Scott Anderson weaves is one of a dictator oblivious to the disdain of his subjects and a superpower blundering into disaster. The Shah emerges as a fascinating, Shakespearean character - a wannabe Richard III unaware of the depth of dissent to his rule, indecisive like Hamlet when action was called for, and at the end Lear-like as he raged against his fate. The Americans made terrible decisions at almost every juncture, from a secret pact designed by Kissinger and Nixon, to dismissing reports from the one diplomat who saw how hated the Shah was by the Iranian people (unlike almost all his colleagues, he spoke Farsi), to Jimmy Carter allowing the Shah to come to America for medical treatment, which set off the hostage crisis which forever damaged American influence in the world.Scott Anderson tells this astonishing tale with the narrative brio, mordant wit, and keen analysis that made his bestselling Lawrence in Arabia one of the key texts in understanding the modern Middle East. Based on voluminous research and dozens of interviews, King of Kings is driven by penetrating portraits of the people involved - the Iranian-American doctor who convinced American officials Khomeini was a moderate; the American teacher who learned of Khomeini's influence long before the cleric was even mentioned in official reports; the Shah's court minister who kept a detailed diary of all their interactions; the Shah's wife Farah who still mourns her lost kingdom; the hypocritical and misguided Jimmy Carter; and the implacable Khomeini who outmaneuvered his foes at every turn.The Iranian Revolution, Anderson convincingly argues, was as world-shattering an event as the French and Russian revolutions. In the Middle East, in India, in Southeast Asia, in Europe, and now in the United States, the hatred of economically-marginalized, religiously-fervent masses for a wealthy secular elite has led to violence and upheaval - and Iran was the template. King of Kings is a bravura work of history, and a warning.

From the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, a piercing account of how the contemporary Arab world came to be riven by catastrophe since the 2003 United States invasion of Iraq.In 2011, a series of anti-government uprisings shook the Middle East and North Africa in what would become known as the Arab Spring. Few could predict that these convulsions, initially hailed in the West as a triumph of democracy, would give way to brutal civil war, the terrors of the Islamic State, and a global refugee crisis. But, as New York Times bestselling author Scott Anderson shows, the seeds of catastrophe had been sown long before. In this gripping account, Anderson examines the myriad complex causes of the region's profound unraveling, tracing the ideological conflicts of the present to their origins in the United States invasion of Iraq in 2003 and beyond. From this investigation emerges a rare view into a land in upheaval through the eyes of six individuals--the matriarch of a dissident Egyptian family; a Libyan Air Force cadet with divided loyalties; a Kurdish physician from a prominent warrior clan; a Syrian university student caught in civil war; an Iraqi activist for women's rights; and an Iraqi day laborer-turned-ISIS fighter. A probing and insightful work of reportage, Fractured Lands offers a penetrating portrait of the contemporary Arab world and brings the stunning realities of an unprecedented geopolitical tragedy into crystalline focus.

When American journalist Mark Walsh is wounded by a shell in Kurdistan, he finds himself a patient in a local hospital where a man's future in decided by the random choice of a coloured chip. Desperate to survive, Mark fakes a recovery and returns to his girlfriend, Elena, in New York, but becomes crippled both physically and emotionally.

A swashbuckling Texan, a teller of tall tales, a womanizer, and a renegade, Fred Cuny spent his life in countries rent by war, famine, and natural disasters, saving many thousands of lives through his innovative and sometimes controversial methods of relief work. Cuny earned his nickname "Master of Disaster" for his exploits in Kurdistan, Somalia, and Bosnia. But when he arrived in the rogue Russian republic of Chechnya in the spring of 1995, raring to go and eager to put his ample funds from George Soros to good use, he found himself in the midst of an unimaginably savage war of independence, unlike any he had ever before encountered. Shortly thereafter, he disappeared in the war-rocked highlands, never to be seen again.Who was Cuny really working for? Was he a CIA spy? Who killed him, and why? In search of the answers, Scott Anderson traveled to Chechnya on a hazardous journey that started as as a magazine assignment and ended as a personal mission. The result is a galvanizing adventure story, a chilling picture of "the new world order," and a tour de force of literary journalism.

Texas residents are shocked when, at 4 P.M. an a June day in 1988, four people are slain in precisely timed attacks at three different locations in the state. Police know who the killers are, but cannot convict them. They also know who is giving the execution orders: a man buried in a Texas grave twelve years ago. Dubbed by the media as the "Mormon Manson," Ervil LeBaron believed he was a prophet chosen by God to purify the Mormon faith. Resurrecting the nineteenth-century Mormon tenets of polygamy and blood atonement, he formed a fanatic religious cult - still in existence - which has left bodies scattered throughout the American Southwest. So strong is LeBaron's hold that, even twelve years after his death, many of his thirteen wives and sixty children are still carrying out his orders. It is those orders that frighten law enforcement officials. Before he died, LeBaron penned a chilling last testament to his family, a death list called The Book of New Covenants. To date, five of those on the list have been murdered, and no one involved in the case believes the bloodshed is over yet. Investigative writer Scott Anderson presents an astonishing portrait of America's most bizarre crime family. In a meticulously researched book, Anderson follows the bloody trail of the LeBaron cult over twenty years, and reveals how it has been served by the controversial and hidden history of the Mormon church. As compelling as the best fiction, The 4 O'Clock Murders is all the more terrifying because it is true.

David Richards is a mid-level diplomat assigned to the sleepy Middle Eastern kingdom of Kutar. Richards spends his days monitoring small development projects and his nights attending embassy cocktail parties and bedding various visiting American women and diplomats’ wives.The time is the early 1980s, when the American Empire has begun to tentatively flex its muscles once again. Kutar is a diplomatic backwater, a former British colony, barely a blip on the State Department’s radar back in Washington. For centuries desultory tribal conflict has flared sporadically in the arid hills hundreds of miles from the coastal capital of Laradan, and as the book opens rumors of a new skirmish there reach the city’s inhabitants. As always, the residents of Laradan ignore the stories, but this time something is The Americans decide to do something about it.As any casual student of geopolitics might guess, this is bad news for the people of Kutar. Urged on by a Kurtzian American military advisor named Colonel Munn, the little-used Kutaran army marches into the hills. In quick order they are decimated, and with stunning rapidity the heights above Laradan are occupied by a rebel force possessed of the government’s abandoned artillery. Soon the Americans, and all other foreigners, are ordered from the country and leave the people of Laradan to their fate.For his own deeply personal reasons, David chooses to stay on in the besieged city, and moves into the Moonlight Hotel, a crumbling colonial dinosaur. There he is joined by an eclectic assortment of other foreigners, including a senior British diplomat, an acid-tongued Romanian countess, and Amira, an aristocratic young woman who previously spurned David’s romantic advances. Together, this small community tries to maneuver over the radically-changed landscape of the beleaguered city, while holding out hope that the outside world might yet come to its rescue. Then the shooting begins in earnest.

Patrick Jay O’Connell is the Goldwalker of the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica.Gold—pure gold, in grains smaller than mosquito eyes and nuggets larger than a fighting man’s fist—is what distinguishes the backwater wilderness of the Osa. Thousands of men and women work these rivers and hills, toiling for tiny treasures, hoping, always, for the magic big strike.The American expatriot, “Patricio,” is the one man who knows the Osa better than any other today. Like a red-haired, green-eyed leprechaun, Patricio stalks the rivers, cliffs, and jungle-covered hills of the peninsula, braving the dangers of lions and jaguars, herds of wild boar, alligators and the deadliest of snakes, to buy gold from the desperadoes who have taken refuge there. Everywhere he goes he carries his sack of money and gold like a target on his back, yet despite many attempts on his life and treasure he has survived to become one of the most successful and indispensable individuals on the peninsula. Patricio, it seems, is the only person everyone can trust with money or gold—the only person to whom anyone may turn for medicines, dry goods, anti-snake venom injections, or help with the law.He has also become the repository of the oral history of the Osa and the little-known gold rush of the 1930s.Goldwalker tells true tales of Patricio and his family, his enemies and friends. It shares the lives of some of the wildest, most unruly characters the Vagabond, Mosquito, Crazy Bird, Big Leg, Bologna, Screw-Up, Hatchet Face, Bronson, Papillon, Chino Ajoy, and the White Monkey—Mico Blanco—Patricio’s favorite old-timer.Recently, to conserve the dwindling rainforest, the Costa Rican government established the Corcovado National Park with boundaries the encompass the best gold rivers of the Osa. The miners are being dispossessed, and the result has been armed conflict and increased communist agitation throughout the peninsula. These changes provide the primary drama for Goldwalker and the source of the discontent that Patricio feels. In his way, Patricio fights to defend the simpler, more courageous life he has known, that each day slips further from his grasp. He reveals these true stories with a candor that may endanger his life.Within these pages the reader explores the challenges and rewards of a life that may never be lived again in this world.

It is a time of great Endarkenment. The 1066. The man rode up to Harald’s camp. He had no sword. His horse, a dappled palfrey, gray and white, was meant for pretty riding in the countryside, not war. It had no barding, and this man wore naught for armor, nor had he the colors of the kingdom which he served. While dressed in noble clothes, there was neh sign nor symbol on the man to mark his origin. The horse was skittish in among the fighting men. And wary were these men upon arrival of the stranger. This, this lonely man, he spoke their languages but naught, and did not stop to make acquaintance with a single one of them. He walked his horse without a hint of nervousness or fret until he was in earshot of the principal men’s tent. “King Harald, hail. Earl Tostig, hail,” called out the rider. He did not dismount. These Earl and King, now summoned by a man whom no one knew, came out to speak with him. “What is’t and whence ye from?” Asked Harald. “I’ve now come to parley for our land,” the rider then replied. “Th’will be no parley,” answered Tostig. “All this land be ours anon. You’ve lost already harrance .” “Aye,” replied the rider. “Of this, the thing is plain. This yours. You’ve won it. Killed or turned so many thegns and Earls. But still, the Crown cannot abide by blood what might by good agreement make to pass. Pray, hear our offer, Earl.” “What offer have ye make?” Earl Tostig asked. “The Saxon Crown doth hereby offer up the land of Umbria to Tostig, and to make him up an Earl again for perpetuity, and for his sons and sons of sons, to have this land for ever and for ever.” Tostig and Hardrada took a moment to consider this. “And what of Norway? What dost Harold offer up his better from the North for all this trouble?” Asked old Hardrade then. The rider made a mirthless smile. “Six feet of ground, or howsoever much he needs, for he is taller than most other men.” At that, the rider turned his horse around. And then behind him, “What’s thou sayest, Tostig? Shall your men come home?” The only answers that the rider got were cursing in three languages, and backs of both the men as they returned back to their tents. And so, the rider went. “Who was that brazen knave?” Asked Hardrade of his second. “’Twas my brother Harold,” Tostig then replied.

Rick Walker, an Armed Forces Exploration Engineer under the Armitage Corporation, travels to an array of amazing worlds for research, military and discovery purposes. His job entails many dangers and he has been involved in many harsh battles during his service but nothing would prepare him for what was to come next. Upon visiting Sable during one of his missions, a barren wasteland world covered in thick sand and desert rock, he stumbles upon an entire army of the disgusting Grameen. These creatures go on to invade and terrorise the planet Scimitar . Under attack, Rick and the rest of Pheonix-Three must act fast to help their allies of Scimitar and prevent the total destruction of their world. There is however much more than meets the eye and Rick and his colleagues soon find themselves spiralling into a long tunnel of turmoil and treachery.

A photo essay of historic Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia

Diabetes Self-Management and Reversal for All AgesThis book “Diabetes Self-Management and Reversal for All Ages” provides a powerful benefit to those who suffer from diabetes. This book can also help people understand the science behind reversing the condition, as well as provide practical tips and strategies for implementing lifestyle changes that can lead to reversing their diabetes. Additionally, the book provides additional support and guidance for those who are on their journey to improving their health. With this book, readers can gain a better understanding of what causes diabetes, how to manage it, and how to reverse it.In this book, you will learn how toDevelop a diabetes reversal plan.How to make healthy food choiceDevelop a balance diet diabetes reversal meal plan.Self-Management of Diabetes and ReversalCoping with emotional aspect of living with diabetesAnd lots moreTake control of your diabetes and reversal the disease. Click BUY NOW to get a copy of this book “Diabetes Self-Management and Reversal for All Ages

Hebrew language book

SEX – Now that we have your attention – It’s all here in this hilarious selection of short Australian comedies from the dark side of a unique Sex, Scandals, Car Chases, Death, Drugs and Sex. And cute animals that talk – about sex. Is it unreasonable for a talking turtle to expect us to believe that he can breathe through his bum underwater? Is it possible for a reality TV star to compromise their rumoured sliver of dignity? Was Skippy an alien? All of these questions, except the one about Skippy, will be answered in eleven laugh-out-loud short stories that will take you off the deep-end to a place on the far-side from where no one ever completely comes back.

Monthly Bill Planner And A Year Monthly And Weekly Budget Planner And Expense Tracker Bill Organizer Budget Planner Book (Expense Tracker Budget Planner)This Expense Tracker Budget Planner will help you to plan and organize your budget each and every month for one year! It includes a 52 weeks saving sheet, a monthly budget sheet, a monthly expense tracker sheet and weekly expense tracker sheet. If you need a one year planner to keep track of your expenses, this notebook is perfect for you. You can track your income and outgoing expenses and see your balance every month. This bill planner will make your financial life a lot easier! This Monthly Budget Planner And Organizer is a perfect gift for friends and family! Its 8.5 x 11 inches format gives you ample space to write down your expenses.The Monthly Bill Planner and Organizer Product Add this Monthly Bill Planner And Organizer to your cart today and start planning your 10 year budget!

Harald of Norway is an original Elizabethan-style five act play written in verse. It tells the story of King Harald Hardrade of Norway and his brothers, Olaf and Magnus, and their battles for the throne of Norway, the heart of 11th-century Scandinavia.The tale hews closely to the historical events of Harald Hardrade's early life, including several battles, tragic deaths, romance, and travel throughout medieval Europe.Whether you intend to read the play or perform it on one of the great stages of the world, you will be thrilled by the real-life saga of one of the great Scandinavian kings.

If you need something for taking notes, drawing, graphing and much more this Notebook is what you need. You can also customize it the way you want it so order yours now.

An Adventure For All Ages

Inspired by Lorrayne Jennings. Henry the Hornworm's adventure. Help find Catfrog

A lightly-staged play for three principles and an ensemble of eight or more in the tradition of Shakespeare. Can be played for comedy or drama. Happy ending.

It's not easy being a modern farmer today. Times have really changed and learning how to navigate the grain markets has become nearly an impossible feat. If you’re concerned about profitability and want to learn how to navigate the commodity markets as well as how to thrive within your trade as a farmer, then this is the book for you! As a third-generation farmer and best-selling author, Scott Anderson has seen many farmers firsthand being dropped by their banks and suffer financially due to the falling of commodity markets, ultimately failing in their desired line of work. During his quest to ensure the financial success of his own family farm in Andover, South Dakota, he attended the University of Nebraska with a BA, and found inspiration in some of the world’s biggest business giants, such as Warren Buffet and Bill Gates. After working in New York City for two years and learning the ins and outs of markets and finance, he was moved to address the needs of the working man. When you read the Grain Marketing Bible, you’ll learn the importance of using the right tools and systems of knowing when to sell your grain and when to sit on it. Similar to that of stock trading, when you become skillful at grain marketing, you’ll be able to ride out fluctuating markets and a reap the benefits. You can bulletproof your business, maximize your profits and finally conquer the Grain Market once and for all!

This house was chosen in part for their premium papers and binding.These are high quality books.-PenequatRead the overview.Teaser 1.Teaser 2.Teaser 3.Deep Shadows Coffee Romance.

Sports, humor