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Watching the jackals : Prague's covert liaisons with cold war terrorists and revolutionaries

Richterova, Daniela, Andrew, Christopher M. writer of foreword.

Year of publication: 2025. 2025.

Terroryzm, Terroryści, Wywiad, Szpiedzy, Zimna wojna, Czechosłowacja, Stany Zjednoczone

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Author
Richterova, Daniela
Andrew, Christopher M. writer of foreword.
Title
Watching the jackals : Prague's covert liaisons with cold war terrorists and revolutionaries
Place of publication
Georgetown: Georgetown:
Publishing house
Georgetown University Press, Georgetown University Press,
Year of publication
2025. 2025.
Volume
XXII, 351 s.;
Dimensions
23 cm
Series
Georgetown studies in intelligence history
Object passwords
Terroryzm
Terroryści
Wywiad
Szpiedzy
Zimna wojna
Czechosłowacja
Stany Zjednoczone
Additional information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Czechoslovakia's Early Global Cold War -- A New Battleground -- A Gordian Alliance -- Anatomy of an Intelligence Liaison -- Cruel Intentions -- A Very "Special' Relationship -- From Marx to the Shooting Range : Training Palestinian Spies and Bodyguards -- Liaise, Watch and Infiltrate -- Countering PLO Extremists -- Keeping Things Semi-Official -- In the Grey Zone -- Countering the Rejectionists -- "My name is Carlos and I am a good person" -- Abu Nidal "The Misunderstood Progressive" -- Anxio
Summary
"Watching the Jackals is about the untold history of Czechoslovakia's complex relationship with Middle Eastern terrorists and revolutionaries during the closing decades of the Cold War. Based on recently declassified intelligence files, Daniela Richterova tells the story of Prague's engagement with various factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization as well as some of the era's most infamous terrorists including Carlos the Jackal, Munich Olympics massacre commander Abu Daoud, and the Abu N
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