Michael Dobbs (2) (1950–)
Autor/a de One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
Per altres autors anomenats Michael Dobbs, vegeu la pàgina de desambiguació.
Sobre l'autor
Born in 1948 Michael Dobb was Chief of Staff and later Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. He has a doctorate in nuclear defense studies. Dobbs has also been Deputy Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, he presented the BBC TV current affairs program Despatch Box and was a columnist for The Mail on mostra'n més Sunday. Dobbs recently penned the hugely acclaimed theatre play, 'The Turning Point'. He is also the author of the Harry Jones Thrillers, Churchill Novels, and the Parliamentary Novels Series. The immensely popular Netflix series House of Cards is based on book 1 of the Parliamentary Novels by the same name. Michael became Lord Dobbs of Wylye in December 2010 after a long career in and around politics. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Journalist Michael Dobbs at the 2019 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, United States. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84377173
Sèrie
Obres de Michael Dobbs
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War (2008) 764 exemplars
Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman--from World War to Cold War (2012) 202 exemplars
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Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Dobbs, Michael Sean
- Data de naixement
- 1950-07-27
- Gènere
- male
- Lloc de naixement
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Educació
- University of York (BA in Economic & Social History, 1972)
- Professions
- journalist
visiting professor - Relacions
- Dobbs, Michael (MD-1 is distant cousin)
- Organitzacions
- Washington Post (Eastern European Correspondent)
University of Michigan (Department of Communications Studies|visiting professor)
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Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 9
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 1,530
- Popularitat
- #16,820
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 45
- ISBN
- 343
- Llengües
- 17
Naturally I knew the ending of the book from the memoirs, but despite that the book never gets boring. On the contrary - reading about how the FBI screwed this case up makes you doubt their entire credibility.
Six of the saboteurs were executed, two were imprisoned. Only one of them still believed in Nazi ideology, none of them had the slightest intend to fulfill their sabotage plans - they all viewed "Operation Pastorius" as a means to escape the corrupted fatherland and continue their former lives in the USA. But for publicity's sake they were executed nevertheless, and even those who ratted them out, those who were the only reason why the FBI even caught the saboteurs, were imprisoned instead of being treated as the heroes they should have been.… (més)