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Texas Mob Lawyer

A Novel

By: Michael A. Lamson

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Texas Mob Lawyer: A Novel By: Michael A. Lamson Sean, a criminal defense lawyer in Houston, represents major organized crime figures. As the attorney for a member of the Kansas City Mafia, he is placed in the crosshairs of a feud within the mafia. Told from Sean’s point of view, readers see the operation of the criminal justice system, along with the obligations and dangers of being a defense lawyer.

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198

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Dorrance Publishing

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ISBN 13

9798887290508

The Real Special Relationship

The True Story of How MI6 and the CIA Work Together

By: Michael Smith

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The Real Special Relationship

The True Story of How MI6 and the CIA Work Together

By: Michael Smith

Gripping, deeply researched, and authoritative, the history of one of the closest intelligence and security relationships in the world The Special Relationship between the United States and Britain is touted by politicians when it suits their purpose and, as frequently, dismissed as myth, not least by the media. Yet the truth is that the two countries are bound together more closely than either is to any other ally. In The Real Special Relationship, Michael Smith reveals how it all began, eighty years ago, when a top-secret visit by four American codebreakers to Bletchley Park in February 1941—ten months before the US entered World War II—marked the start of a close collaboration between the intellitence services of the two nations. When that war ended and the Cold War began, both sides recognized that the way they worked together to decode German and Japanese ciphers could be used to counter the Soviet threat. They laid the foundation for the behind-the-scenes intelligence sharing that has continued—despite rivalries among the services and occasional political conflict and public disputes between the two nations—through the collapse of the Soviet Union, 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and to the threats of the present moment. Smith, who served in British military intelligence, brings together a fascinating range of characters, from Winston Churchill and Ian Fleming to John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Edward Snowden. Supported by in-depth interviews and a broad range of personal contacts in the intelligence community, he takes the reader into the workings of MI6, the CIA, the NSA, and all those who strive to keep us safe. Sir John Scarlett, former chief of MI6, has written the introduction, and Michael Hayden, former director of the CIA and the NSA, has provided the foreword.

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Simon and Schuster

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ISBN 10

1956763708

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9781956763706

Nuclear Risk Reduction in South Asia

By: Michael Krepon

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Nuclear Risk Reduction in South Asia

By: Michael Krepon

The essys in this collection explore and analyze how to reduce the risk of nuclear war in South Asia. Contributors work to introduce the theory and methodology of nuclear risk reduction, to provide specific measures that might work best in the region, and to consider the consequences of missile defense options for stability in Asia. Much work is needed to recduce nuclear dangers between India and Pakistan. While the fact that both countries possess nuclear weapons may prevent a full-blown conventional or nuclear war, the presence of these weapons in the region may also encourage the use of violence at lower levels expecting escalation to be contained by a mutual desire to avoid the nuclear threshold. One only needs to look at the Kashmir conflict for confirmation of this paradox, with serious crises coming more frequently with more severity since the nuclear tests of 1998. Sustained efforts along the line suggested by the contributors of this volume are a crucial step toward reducing nuclear risk on the Subcontinent.

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Springer

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140398168X

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9781403981684

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Texas Mob Lawyer

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