Luke Harding Book order (chronological)

The first account of the Ukraine war, from the award-winning journalist and #1 New York Times selling author of Collusion and Shadow State who forecasted Putin's dark adventurist ambitions.

No terrorist group has deployed a nerve agent in a civilian area or used a radioactive mini-bomb in London. The Kremlin has done both. Shadow State is a gripping investigative account of how Russia's spies helped elect Donald Trump, backed Brexit, murdered enemies and threatened the very basis of western democracy. The operatives come in disguise. They pose as tourists, journalists and businessmen. Utterly ruthless, sometimes bungling and always ambitious, they roam from Salisbury to Helsinki, Ukraine to the Central African Republican, London to Washington. SHADOW STATE is a riveting and alarming investigation into those spies and the way Russia has used them to wage an increasingly bold war in the UK and beyond. The Kremlin has attempted to reshape politics in their own mould; the future of Western democracy is at stake as a result

"December 2016. [the author] and former Moscow bureau chief, quietly meets former MI6 officer Christopher Steele in a London pub to discuss President-elect Donald Trump's Russia connections. A month later, Steele's now-famous dossier sparks what may be the biggest scandal of the modern era. The names of the Americans involved are well-known--Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Jared Kushner, George Papadopoulos, Carter Page--but here [the author] also shines a light on powerful Russian figures like Aras Agalarov, Natalia Veselnitskaya, and Sergey Kislyak, whose motivations and instructions may have been coming from the highest echelons of the Kremlin. Drawing on new material and his expert understanding of Moscow and its players, [the author] takes the reader through every bizarre and disquieting detail of the 'Trump-Russia' story--an event so huge it involves international espionage, off-shore banks, sketchy real estate deals, the Miss Universe pageant, mobsters, money laundering, poisoned dissidents, computer hacking, and the most shocking election in American history."--

Kniha renomovaného novináře a bývalého moskevského korespondenta listu Guardian Luka Hardinga jedinečným a poutavým způsobem mapuje příběh vraždy bývalého agenta FSB Alexandera Litviněnka, přičemž celou událost zasazuje do širšího kontextu vlády a politiky Vladimira Putina. Harding podává ucelený náhled do specifické společnosti agentů FSB, informátorů MI6, praní špinavých peněz, jaderných vědců, nemocničních doktorů, akademiků a londýnských policejních důstojníků, jež se stala součástí vyšetřování.

1 November 2006. Alexander Litvinenko is brazenly poisoned in central London. Twenty-two days later he dies, killed from the inside. The poison? Polonium; a rare, lethal and highly radioactive substance. His crime? He had made some powerful enemies in Russia. Based on the best part of a decade's reporting, as well as extensive interviews with those closest to the events (including the murder suspects), and access to trial evidence, Luke Harding's A Very Expensive Poison is the definitive inside story of the life and death of Alexander Litvinenko.

Edward Snowden, a young computer genius working for America's National Security Agency, blew the whistle on the way this powerful organisation uses new technology to spy on the entire planet. The spies call it 'mastering the internet'. Others call it the death of individual privacy. This is the inside story of Snowden's deeds and the journalists who faced down the pressure from US and British governments to break a remarkable scoop.

Alles begann mit einer E-Mail ohne Absender: „Ich bin ein hochrangiger Geheimdienstmitarbeiter.“ Darauf folgte die spektakulärste Enthüllung von Staatsgeheimnissen, ermöglicht durch einen außergewöhnlichen Mann. Die Affäre erfasste Regierungen weltweit, darunter auch die von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, und führte zu erheblichen Spannungen in den internationalen Beziehungen. Edward Snowden, ein junger Computergenie der National Security Agency (NSA), alarmierte die Welt, dass der mächtige Geheimdienst neue Technologien einsetzte, um nahezu den gesamten Planeten zu überwachen und die Privatsphäre der Menschen zu zerstören. Seine NSA-Kollegen bezeichneten dies als „Beherrschung des Internets“. Die umfassende Schilderung von Snowdens Taten und der Arbeit der Journalisten, die dem Druck der amerikanischen und britischen Regierungen widerstanden, beleuchtet die enormen Überwachungsaktivitäten der NSA und des britischen Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Snowdens Geschichte liest sich wie ein weltpolitischer Thriller: Seine Flucht führte ihn von Hawaii nach Hongkong und schließlich nach Moskau. Was veranlasste ihn, sich zu opfern? Der Journalist Luke Harding gibt in seinem Buch Antworten, die jeden Bürger des Internetzeitalters beunruhigen dürften.

It began with a tantalising, anonymous email: "I am a senior member of the intelligence community..." No name, no job title, no further details. What followed was the most spectacular intelligence breach in history: leaking highly sensitive secrets from the heart of US power... The Snowden Files is about how a 29-year-old contractor working for the top secret National Security Agency became the world's most wanted man. It is about the journalists who stumbled into the story of their lives and published against the odds...Moving between Hong Kong and Hawaii, London to New York, the NSA and GCHQ, awardwinning Guardian journalist Luke Harding spins a high-octane account of secrets and defiance, integrity and intrigue...Branded a traitor and hailed a hero, infuriating some and inspiring others, Snowden took extraordinary risks to reveal what he knew. It shocked the world and sparked global debate . This is the story they didn't want you to hear.

Title: WikiLeaks Binding: Paperback Author: Luke Harding & David Leigh Publisher: Guardian Books

This is a controversial examination of how the 'WikiLeaks' website has become such a prominent force in political dialogue and how this has affected its founder Julian Assange.