Giles Whittell

The dramatic events behind the film Bridge of Spies. Bridge of Spies is a gripping, entertaining, hair-raising and comical story, which moves effortlessly from the hardware of high-flying planes and new missiles to the geopolitics of the nuclear stand-off and through the poignant personal stories of its central protagonists: Powers, the all-American hero, blacklisted for not having killed himself ...

“Spioonide sild” räägib sellest, kuidas külma sõja ajal USA ja NSVL spioone vahetasid. Kuigi praeguseks on tegu juba tuntud lahendusega, sai asi alguse allatulistatud USA luurelennuki piloodi Gary Powersi ning sissekukkunud nõukogude spiooni Rudolf Abeli juhtumitest. Autor kirjeldab värvikalt juhtumite tagamaid, tolleaegseid meeleolusid ja rasket teed kokkulepeteni. Giles Whittell on töötanud The ...

The story of the unsung heroines who flew the newest, fastest, aeroplanes in World War II – mostly in southern England where the RAF was desperately short of pilots.Why would the well-bred daughter of a New England factory-owner brave the U-boat blockades of the North Atlantic in the bitter winter of 1941? What made a South African diamond heiress give up her life of house parties and London balls...