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| Verlag | Heller |
| Auflage | 2024 |
| Seiten | 360 |
| Format | 13,1 x 2,3 x 21,2 cm |
| Gewicht | 447 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 3929403951 |
| EAN | 9783929403954 |
| Bestell-Nr | 92940395A |
West German pacifist Michael Müller ends up as a GI in the U.S. Army after a wild cross-country odyssey through America, the land of his dreams. Now Michael Miller, he's a medic in Vietnam. Shaken by combat's horrors, Miller decides to desert. Eluding the authorities halfway around the world, he returns to the United States. To avoid prison for desertion, Miller pledges to smuggle defectors and dissidents from hostile countries for the CIA. After thrilling operations in the Eastern Bloc and the Middle East, he faces the ultimate challenge: rescuing 141 German civilians from the chaos of revolutionary Iran.An incredible story-based on true events.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
ContentsPrologue 1. Motherly Love2. Uncle Sam Wants You! 3. The Longest Day4. An Unwilling Agent5. A Cry for Help-from Teheran6. Shots Fired in Istanbul7. Death in the Sleeping Car8. Code Peking Duck9. The Oil Minister10. German Hostages in Bushehr11. All Power to the People!12. The Biggest Coup13. How Everything Turned OutGlossary
Leseprobe:
Yet I had passed the exam, and with it, I obtained the official license to lie, cheat, steal, and kill. Only one thing, under any circumstances, was strictly forbidden: getting caught! If that happened, the license I had labored so mightily to earn would be forfeited immediately, and every agency would disavow any knowledge of my mission-or of me. CIA Director Richard Helms made a brief farewell speech ...© HELLER VERLAG / HELLER PUBLISHING Co.