From Warsaw With Love: Polish Spies, the CIA, and the Forging of an Unlikely Alliance (First edition)

"In 1990, less than a year after the Polish people participated in their first democratic election since the 1930s, the young Polish government sent a veteran spy, who had battled the West for decades, to rescue six American officers trapped in Baghdad.

The CIA had asked the Polish government for help, as the U.S. was desperately cobbling together allies to counter Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.

The captured Americans held valuable intelligence and were they compromised, it could've spelled ruin for Desert Storm.

John Pomfret's gripping account of the highly unusual mission reveals the surprising relationship between Poland and the U.S.

The CIA had long been a fan of the tradecraft of Polish intelligence officers who back during the Carter administration had robbed America of its military secrets.

Once the Berlin Wall fell, the agency signed Poland's ex-communist spies on as allies and they worked for America around the world.

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