{"product_id":"wolf-pelt-9798998606762","title":"Wolf Pelt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWolf Pelt: Cold War in Greece, Love, and Trust Revealed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1951, the newly established American CIA is getting its feet on the ground. A bankrupt British empire sells its cash-happy cousins a mole-ridden campaign to overthrow the Albanian communist government. The Brits call this armed insurrection Operation Valuable, and the CIA Operation BG\/Fiend. Infiltration and logistics flow from Greece, a country overrun with spies from far and wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe protagonist, Stavros, returns to teaching after World War II and his service in the OSS as commander of a Greek operational group. There he wreaks havoc on Germans, learns \"the Greek way,\" and falls in love with the captivating Dimitra. After the war, the couple remains in a long-distance romantic relationship. The CIA recruits Stavros to return to Greece posing as an academician working on his PhD. His actual mission is to organize a \"cultural influence group\" and support logistics for Operation BG\/Fiend. He and Dimitra, now working with the Archeological Society of Athens, engage in a serious and challenging relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStavros encounters much local color as he winds his way through Greece. Personalities are not always what they seem, and Stavros falls into a precarious relationship with devious Penelope, \"the mouse.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alinet, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798998606762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Steven James Hantzis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403633946805,"sku":"9798998606762","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9d4676e1-0c5c-4553-8364-013bee2dab15.jpg?v=1774970049","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/wolf-pelt-9798998606762","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}