The Potsdam Bluff Author:Jack D. Hunter It's 1945 and Stalin's army stands poised to conquer all of Europe. The only way to stop him is for Truman to bluff him down. To make the bluff work, C.G. Brandt, America's ultra-professional but very human spymaster, is forced to risk everything on Alex Lukas, an undertrained but bilingual secret agent. Lukas must escort a Soviet de... more »fector, who will parachute into Bavaria with crucial information.
But the defector's plane crashes; there is a gorgeous Communist spy in the drop area; and Lukas can't believe the amount of well-armed interest in his movements. Against all odds, Lukas manages to get out with his skin intact. Then he's given new orders: To proceed to New Mexico, to a place called Los Alamos, pick up a crate, and deliver it to our Moscow embassy. And, the crate happens to be the key to the great bluff and the biggest card in Harry Truman's hand as he faces off with Stalin.« less