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Some books make the headline news; The Playground is headline news.

Imagine a game of stealth, strategy and extreme violence, played in conditions of the utmost secrecy. Imagine the pawns in that game are a team of highly-trained soldiers, and the board is a country. Imagine that the aim of the game is to overthrow a government. Now stop imagining. It’s for real.

The Playground tells a true story that will challenge everything you thought you knew about post-war Europe. It will cause the biggest book-related media furore since Spycatcher. Questions will be asked by governments the world over. History books will be rewritten.

Take a book with the sheer thrill-power of Bravo Two Zero, add a scandal with the political impact of Watergate and you’re getting close. High-octane, action-packed, emotionally intense and profoundly shocking, The Playground will break your heart as it blows your mind. This is extreme reading.

431 pages, Hardcover

First published February 9, 2003

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August 15, 2024
Un libro a caso, una scommessa con me stesso se riuscivo a iniziarlo. Mi è capitato questo che lentamente ho apprezzato. Un libro storico, spionaggio. L’autore ha conque anni quando viene eretto il Muro a Berlino. A diciotto si è arruolato come cadetto ufficiale nell'esercito della Germania Ovest presso Hannover e, tra il 1977 e il 1989, ha condotto ventitrè missioni dell'Elitekommando Ost, il corpo speciale tedesco in azione dietro le linee nemiche dell'ex Germania Est. In questo libro T. S. racconta le operazioni del corpo speciale, addestrato negli Stati Uniti e segretamente istruito sia dagli eserciti ufficiali sia dai servizi segreti americani e tedeschi, il cui scopo era destabilizzare il governo della Germania orientale e portare oltra la linea di confine i disertori di importanza strategica.
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January 19, 2023
Onthullend, ijzingwekkend, spannend en waargebeurd. Over een soldaat in het toenmalige WDR, die bij een geheime militaire eenheid zat die officieel nooit heeft bestaan. Zijn werkgebied: de dodenstrook tussen de grens van Oost- en West-Duitsland.
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April 3, 2025
spannend, maar volgens internet is het niet waargebeurd, zoals op de kaft stond. Dat haalt veel magie weg
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1,115 reviews164 followers
February 4, 2011
Chi è appassionato di spionaggio non può lasciarsi sfuggire questo libro che descrive in maniera puntuale e frenetica le gesta del capo di un commando fantasma, un ex agente che rivela eroismi e delitti della guerra segreta contro il comunismo, tra il '77 e il '99. Un libro che scorre come un romanzo d'azione ma che è la ricostruzione di vere operazioni compiute da questo autore contro il blocco sovietico negli anni della guerra fredda. Appassionante.
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November 13, 2007
Elite commando, set up in West Germany to carry out operations in the DDR.
It was exciting, but as with Andy McNab's books on SAS, I found the language barren. A pity, I think - an interesting book that could have been even more so with some additional editorial work.
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July 4, 2013
bewonder de moed van deze special force om mensen van oost naar west - duitsland te smokkelen ten tijde van DE MUUR .....
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July 30, 2021
Fascinating that this all happened for real, in a very weird period in history.
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