The Last Secret
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A (paperback). Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Some minor wear to spine and cover edges.
The Last Secret by Nicholas Bethell is a gripping work of narrative history that uncovers one of the most disturbing and suppressed episodes of the Second World War's aftermath — Operation Keelhaul. With meticulous research and unflinching moral clarity, Bethell chronicles the forced repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Soviet citizens and anti-communist Russians by British and American forces back to Stalin's USSR, where imprisonment, execution, and the Gulag awaited them. The account details the political machinations behind the Yalta Agreement that sealed these individuals' fates, exposing the complicity of Western Allied commanders in surrendering men, women, and children to almost certain death. Written with the authority of someone who conducted extensive interviews with survivors and reviewed classified documents, the narrative is deeply human and profoundly unsettling. This is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the moral compromises of the Cold War's opening chapter.
Author: Nicholas Bethell
Format: Paperback
Published: 1976, Futura
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A (paperback). Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Some minor wear to spine and cover edges.
The Last Secret by Nicholas Bethell is a gripping work of narrative history that uncovers one of the most disturbing and suppressed episodes of the Second World War's aftermath — Operation Keelhaul. With meticulous research and unflinching moral clarity, Bethell chronicles the forced repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Soviet citizens and anti-communist Russians by British and American forces back to Stalin's USSR, where imprisonment, execution, and the Gulag awaited them. The account details the political machinations behind the Yalta Agreement that sealed these individuals' fates, exposing the complicity of Western Allied commanders in surrendering men, women, and children to almost certain death. Written with the authority of someone who conducted extensive interviews with survivors and reviewed classified documents, the narrative is deeply human and profoundly unsettling. This is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the moral compromises of the Cold War's opening chapter.