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Thomas Powers (born December 12, 1940) is an author, intelligence expert, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize.

He was born in New York City in 1940, and went on to study at Tabor Academy graduating in 1958, and Yale University graduating in 1964 with a degree in English.

His books include, The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms and the CIA (1979), Heisenberg's War: The Secret History of the German Bomb (1993), The Confirmation (2000), a novel and Intelligence Wars: American Secret History from Hitler to Al-Qaeda (2002). He won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1971 together with Lucinda Franks for his articles on Weatherman member Diana Oughton, and has contributed to The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, Harper's, The Nation, Commonweal, The Atlantic, and Rolling Stone.
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Total Books: 26
The Killing of Crazy Horse
2011 - The Killing of Crazy Horse [Vintage] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780375714306
ISBN-10: 0375714308
Genre: History
  • Currently 2/5 Stars.
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The Military Error Baghdad and Beyond in America's War of Choice
2008 - The Military Error Baghdad and Beyond in America's War of Choice [New York Review Collections] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781590172995
ISBN-10: 159017299X
Genres: History, Nonfiction
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Intelligence Wars American Secret History from Hitler to AlQaeda
2004 - Intelligence Wars American Secret History From Hitler to Alqaeda [New York Review Books Collections] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781590170984
ISBN-10: 1590170989
Genres: History, Nonfiction
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Heisenberg's War The Secret History of the German Bomb
2000 - Heisenberg's War the Secret History of the German Bomb (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780306810114
ISBN-10: 0306810115
Genres: History, Science & Math
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The Confirmation
2000 - The Confirmation (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780375400209
ISBN-10: 0375400206
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 3

Heisenberg's Brain
1999 - Heisenberg's Brain (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780370317328
ISBN-10: 0370317327
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Le mystre Heisenberg
1993 - Le Mystre Heisenberg (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782226063090
ISBN-10: 2226063099
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Heisenberg's War  The Secret History of the German Bomb
1993 - Heisenberg's War the Secret History of the German Bomb (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780394514116
ISBN-10: 0394514114
Genres: History, Science & Math
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Vietnam The War at Home Vietnam and the American People 19641968
1984 - Vietnam the War at Home VIetnam and the American People 19641968 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780839828556
ISBN-10: 0839828551
Genre: History
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Thinking about the Next War
1983 - Thinking About the Next War [Mentor] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780451622464
ISBN-10: 0451622464
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The Man Who Kept Secrets  Richard Helms and the CIA
1983 - The Man Who Kept Secrets Richard Helms and the Cia (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780671477127
ISBN-10: 0671477129
Genre: History
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The Man Who Kept the Secrets Richard Helms and the CIA
1982 - The Man Who Kept the Secrets Richard Helms and the Cia (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780671456672
ISBN-10: 0671456679
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Man Who Kept the Secrets Richard Helms and the CIA
1980 - Man Who Kept the Secrets Richard Helms and the Cia (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780297777380
ISBN-10: 0297777386
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The Man Who Kept the Secrets
1979 - The Man Who Kept the Secrets (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780394506784
ISBN-10: 0394506782
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
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The man who kept the secrets Richard Helms  the CIA
1979 - The Man Who Kept the Secrets Richard Helms the Cia (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780394507774
ISBN-10: 0394507770
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Diana the making of a terrorist
1971 - Diana the Making of a Terrorist (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780395123751
ISBN-10: 0395123755
Genre: Nonfiction
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
 3

The war at home Vietnam and the American people 19641968
The War at Home VIetnam and the American People 19641968 (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780670749614
ISBN-10: 0670749613
Genre: History
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