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'Degrees of Intelligence,' a WWII/Cold War thriller

It's Here! A New Geopolitical Thriller by Miranda Armstadt

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 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.

Editorial Review Snippets:

From Steven Hartov, New York Times bestselling author:

"[Armstadt's] authorship skills are stunning. She appears to be the spiritual offspring of Lillian Hellman and John le Carré."

From Jeffrey A. Rothermel, Owner, Captain's Book Shoppe:

"Masterful Cold War detective work and storytelling."

From COL Marvin Haynes, US Army (Ret.):

"[A] thrilling romp through post-WWII Europe's shadowy circles of espionage..."

Buy 'Degrees of Intelligence'--a new geopolitical thriller

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Audiobook production for 'Degrees of Intelligence' now underway! Book trailer coming soon.

Audiobook production for 'Degrees of Intelligence' now underway! Book trailer coming soon.

Audiobook production for 'Degrees of Intelligence' now underway! Book trailer coming soon.

Audiobook production for 'Degrees of Intelligence' now underway! Book trailer coming soon.

Audiobook production for 'Degrees of Intelligence' now underway! Book trailer coming soon.

Audiobook production for 'Degrees of Intelligence' now underway! Book trailer coming soon.

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