Degrees of Intelligence: A Geopolitical Thriller of WWII and the Cold War-Inspired by a True Story
A Gripping New Historical Fiction Geopolitical Thriller of WWII and the Cold War

It's 1943 ... World War II is raging across the pond ... and a shy but brilliant Jewish-American young man-whose own father grew up on the mean streets of Manhattan's Lower East Side-
finds himself at Harvard ... with no clue how he got in.

Miranda Armstadt's new historical fiction geopolitical thriller-
inspired by her own father's time with the US State Department in 1950s Cold War Europe-takes readers behind the scenes of the early years of the CIA and how it unfolded into a powerful government arm,
as America pushed back against Communism after the war.

Along the way, we meet the beautiful daughter of a TV news pioneer,
caught up in a web of deceit her own family doesn't know about ...
a dashing British viscount who steps out of the world of wealth and prestige in which he was raised ... and a teenage Holocaust survivor who's determined to succeed, despite losing his entire family to the Nazis.

Five years in the making, Armstadt has used volumes of family letters and photographs-
and researched hundreds of CIA, State Department, and government and military memos-
to create a fascinating story about how high-level intelligence operatives were scouted,
trained and used to glean information in a world before computers.

With incredible insight into the real life of a Foreign Service officer, Armstadt weaves a vivid tableau of America and Britain's intelligence operations from
World War II through to the Kennedy administration of the 1960s and its aftermath-
and how a life of secrecy affects everyone it touches.
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Degrees of Intelligence: A Geopolitical Thriller of WWII and the Cold War-Inspired by a True Story
A Gripping New Historical Fiction Geopolitical Thriller of WWII and the Cold War

It's 1943 ... World War II is raging across the pond ... and a shy but brilliant Jewish-American young man-whose own father grew up on the mean streets of Manhattan's Lower East Side-
finds himself at Harvard ... with no clue how he got in.

Miranda Armstadt's new historical fiction geopolitical thriller-
inspired by her own father's time with the US State Department in 1950s Cold War Europe-takes readers behind the scenes of the early years of the CIA and how it unfolded into a powerful government arm,
as America pushed back against Communism after the war.

Along the way, we meet the beautiful daughter of a TV news pioneer,
caught up in a web of deceit her own family doesn't know about ...
a dashing British viscount who steps out of the world of wealth and prestige in which he was raised ... and a teenage Holocaust survivor who's determined to succeed, despite losing his entire family to the Nazis.

Five years in the making, Armstadt has used volumes of family letters and photographs-
and researched hundreds of CIA, State Department, and government and military memos-
to create a fascinating story about how high-level intelligence operatives were scouted,
trained and used to glean information in a world before computers.

With incredible insight into the real life of a Foreign Service officer, Armstadt weaves a vivid tableau of America and Britain's intelligence operations from
World War II through to the Kennedy administration of the 1960s and its aftermath-
and how a life of secrecy affects everyone it touches.
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Degrees of Intelligence: A Geopolitical Thriller of WWII and the Cold War-Inspired by a True Story

Degrees of Intelligence: A Geopolitical Thriller of WWII and the Cold War-Inspired by a True Story

by Miranda Armstadt
Degrees of Intelligence: A Geopolitical Thriller of WWII and the Cold War-Inspired by a True Story

Degrees of Intelligence: A Geopolitical Thriller of WWII and the Cold War-Inspired by a True Story

by Miranda Armstadt

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A Gripping New Historical Fiction Geopolitical Thriller of WWII and the Cold War

It's 1943 ... World War II is raging across the pond ... and a shy but brilliant Jewish-American young man-whose own father grew up on the mean streets of Manhattan's Lower East Side-
finds himself at Harvard ... with no clue how he got in.

Miranda Armstadt's new historical fiction geopolitical thriller-
inspired by her own father's time with the US State Department in 1950s Cold War Europe-takes readers behind the scenes of the early years of the CIA and how it unfolded into a powerful government arm,
as America pushed back against Communism after the war.

Along the way, we meet the beautiful daughter of a TV news pioneer,
caught up in a web of deceit her own family doesn't know about ...
a dashing British viscount who steps out of the world of wealth and prestige in which he was raised ... and a teenage Holocaust survivor who's determined to succeed, despite losing his entire family to the Nazis.

Five years in the making, Armstadt has used volumes of family letters and photographs-
and researched hundreds of CIA, State Department, and government and military memos-
to create a fascinating story about how high-level intelligence operatives were scouted,
trained and used to glean information in a world before computers.

With incredible insight into the real life of a Foreign Service officer, Armstadt weaves a vivid tableau of America and Britain's intelligence operations from
World War II through to the Kennedy administration of the 1960s and its aftermath-
and how a life of secrecy affects everyone it touches.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798341876651
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date: 02/25/2025
Pages: 350
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.78(d)

About the Author

Miranda Armstadt is a multi-genre novelist and third-generation journalist.
She's worked as a television news anchor, as well as in the digital realm--as a news
editor and reporter.

Her grandfather produced the longest-running TV news interview program
(which is still airing today), and her mother wrote for The Washington Post.
Her father was a Foreign Service officer with the US State Department during the
Cold War years of the 1950s. He served in the Balkans and across Europe.

'Degrees of Intelligence' is Armstadt's second novel. Her first--'Cut Back to Life'--
is a very adult romantic suspense thriller, available on Amazon.

When not writing, Armstadt can be found honing her sharpshooter skills and caring for
her eleventh rescue dog.
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