The Lenin Plot

The Untold Story of America's Midnight War Against Russia

The Lenin Plot
Barnes Carr
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 416pg
15 May 2022 UK
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9781398112353
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The surprising story of perhaps the darkest episode in American espionage history: the "midnight war" to depose Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin. It remains the most audacious spy plot in American history-a bold and extremely dangerous operation to invade Russia, defeat the Red Army, and mount a coup in Moscow against Soviet dictator Vladimir Ilich Lenin. After that, leaders in Washington, Paris, and London aimed to install their own Allied-friendly dictator in Moscow as a means to get Russia back into the war effort against Germany. The Lenin Plot had the "entire approval" of President Woodrow Wilson. As he ordered a military invasion of Russia, he gave the American ambassador, the U. S. Consul General in Moscow, and other State Department operatives a free hand to pursue their covert action against Lenin. The result was thousands of deaths, both military and civilian, on both sides. A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the true beginning of the Cold War, The Lenin Plot tells the shocking story of this untold episode in American history in fascinating and striking detail.
"Takes us back to the golden age of Soviet spies in America, when the ideology was stark, the tradecraft basic, and the stakes were as high as they come: the Atomic bomb. " -- Naveed Jamali, former double agent and author of ' How to Catch a Russian Spy' [praise for Operation Whisper] "A swift narrative that transports the reader through wars, revolutions, and major espionage operations of the twentieth century. An outstanding achievement. " -- Gary Kern, author of ' The Kravchenko Case: One Man' s War on Stalin' [praise for Operation Whisper] "This book fills in a gap in the annals of Soviet espionage. Goes to show you that the old saying ' Don' t judge a book by its cover' is very true. Those (honestly) nice people served an evil cause. As much as it might pain one to say that, consequently, they were evil themselves, it is the hard truth. " -- Jack Barsky, former KGB agent in America and author of ' Deep Undercover' [praise for Operation Whisper] "Barnes Carr' s Operation Whisper reads like a thriller but is also a fact-filled, illuminating, and sometimes surprising study of real-life atomic spies Morris and Lona Cohen. A must for anyone interested in the history of Cold War espionage. " -- Richard B. Spence, author of ' Trust No One: The Secret World of Sidney Reilly' [praise for Operation Whisper] "Illuminating and utterly enthralling. This is the first full biography of Morris and Lona Cohen, the New York couple who became the Soviet Union' s most devastating illegal spies. " -- Vin Arthey, author of ' Abel: The True Story of the Spy They Traded' [praise for Operation Whisper] Some reads like history, some like a spy novel, and it' s always eye-opening. A well-crafted expose that suggests that the Cold War began half a century earlier than we' ve been told. * Kirkus Review Clippings * Fluidly written and impressively researched, this espionage tale delights. * Publishers Weekly *
Barnes Carr was for many years a journalist for daily newspapers in Mississippi, Memphis, Boston, Montreal, New York, New Orleans, and Washington, D. C. He was trapped in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and the short story he wrote about the experience was awarded a William Faulkner Gold Medal. His first book, Operation Whisper: The Capture of Soviet Spies Morris and Lona Cohen, was published by the University Press of New England. Barnes lives in Houston, Texas.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781398112353
Published: 15 May 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Amberley Publishing
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 416

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