Declassified: 50 Top-Secret Documents That Changed History

by Thomas B. Allen

Book Overview

Culled from archives around the world, the 50 documents in Declassified illuminate the secret and often inaccessible stories of agents, espionage, and behind-the-scenes events that played critical roles in American history. Moving through time from Elizabethan England to the Cold War and beyond, noted author Tom Allen places each document in its historical and cultural context, sharing the quirky and little-known truths behind state secrets and clandestine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1426202229
• ISBN13: 9781426202223
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"