The Secret Alliance: The Extraordinary Story Of The Rescue Of The Jews Since World War Ii - Hardcover

Szulc, Tad

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333499271 ISBN 13: 9780333499276

Publisher: Macmillan, 1992

Synopsis

The true story of how nearly three million Jews have been rescued from all over the world by undercover operations since World War II. The Hebrew Immigration Service repeatedly succeeded in penetrating Eastern European and Arab governments to arrange for the legal - and often illegal - departure of Jews through bribery, co-option and any other conceivable means. Recently, and for the first time, the Hebrew Immigration Service has opened these unseen files and records and made all surviving operatives available to the author of "Secret Alliance", "The Winds of Revolution", "The Illusion of Peace" and "Fidel: A Critical Portait".

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About the Author

Tad Szulc was a journalist, foreign policy analyst and biographer. The author of more than 25 books, he was the winner of the Overseas Press Club Award and the Maria Moors Cabot Award for coverage of Latin America and was awarded the Legion d'Honneur. Born in Warsaw in 1925, he went to the United States following World War 2 and became a foreign correspondent for the New York Times for 20 years. At the Times, he covered Latin America -- where he broke the story of the impending-but-secret Bay of Pigs invasion -- American foreign and national security policy, and Cold War Europe, where he was present during the Soviet invasion of Czechosolvakia -- and was expelled by the KGB for his reporting. After leaving The Times, he enjoyed a prolific book writing career, which included his highly acclaimed biographies of Fidel Castro, and Pope John Paul II. He died in 2001.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333499271
• ISBN 13: 9780333499276
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304