Hal Vaughan
Auteur van In bed met de vijand Coco Chanels geheime oorlog
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- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Vaughan, Hal H.
- Geboortedatum
- 1928
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Organisaties
- DACOR—Diplomatic and Consular Officers
Association of Former Intelligence Officers
Cercle de l'Union interalliée
National Press Club - Korte biografie
- An American author based in Paris, France. He has held several posts as a US Foreign Service officer before becoming a journalist on assignments in Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. He has also served in the United States Military in both World War II and Korea, and was involved in a number of covert intelligence activities as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer at Karachi and Geneva during the Cold War. His French-born wife, now deceased, worked with the U.S. intelligence community in Geneva. Vaughan has intimate knowledge of clandestine, international operations.
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Sleeping with the enemy : Coco Chanel's secret war door Hal Vaughan
12 days gift.
En agosto de 1944, la ciudad de París fue liberada. Este hecho puso el punto y final a cuatro años de vergüenza y de miedo reprimido, y desató entre la población odio y frustración. Ciudadanos vengativos deambulan por las calles de pueblos y ciudades. Los culpables y muchos inocentes fueron castigados en un ajuste privado de cuentas. Aquellos collabos, hombres y mujeres que colaboraban con Hitler, fueron molidos a golpes o asesinados. Coco Chanel, símbolo de la moda del siglo XX, estaba entre los marcados para la venganza. ¿Fue realmente una agente de la Gestapo?… (meer)
A seedy book about a seedy woman who single handedly created both the concept and the uniform of the modern woman.
A story full of intrigue, betrayal and subterfuge about one who was on the wrong side in the last war.
When the war was over scores were settled and the immediate future for her looked incredibly bleak if not incredibly short, some 35,000 collaborators were “executed” in short order.
She was literally saved at the last minute by the intervention of none less than Winston Churchill. Read all about it.… (meer)
A story full of intrigue, betrayal and subterfuge about one who was on the wrong side in the last war.
When the war was over scores were settled and the immediate future for her looked incredibly bleak if not incredibly short, some 35,000 collaborators were “executed” in short order.
She was literally saved at the last minute by the intervention of none less than Winston Churchill. Read all about it.… (meer)
I got this book because it seemed interesting as a Kindle Book and not too expensive, but I have not been into it and I don't know if I will ever finish it.
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