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Blake's story has been told before, as has the tunnel's, but Steve Vogel pulls them together accessibly and comprehensibly, along with the wider political context and entertaining detail about personalities of the period' Spectator  'Excellent... although there are other books on Blake, Mr. Vogel's handling of his tale is original and rewarding... meticulously researched and full of vivid detail' Wall Street Journal  'A spy thriller that kept me up all night. Magnificent story-telling' Peter Snow  A true Cold War espionage thriller set around the ultra-secret Berlin Tunnel - where British officer George Blake must run a high-stakes double cross to maintain his cover.  The ultra-secret \"Berlin Tunnel\" was dug in the mid-1950s from the American sector in southwest Berlin and ran nearly a quarter-mile into the Soviet sector, allowing the CIA and the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) to tap into critical KGB and Soviet military underground telecommunication lines.   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In astonishingly short order, Brigadier General Brehon B. Somervell conceived and built an institution that ranks with the White House, the Vatican, and a handful of other structures as symbols recognized around the world. Now veteran military reporter Steve Vogel reveals for the first time the remarkable story of the Pentagon''s construction, from it''s dramatic birth to its rebuilding after the September 11 attack.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At the center of the story is the tempestuous but courtly Somervell-\"dynamite in a Tiffany box,\" as he was once described. In July 1941, the Army construction chief sprang the idea of building a single, huge headquarters that could house the entire War Department, then scattered in seventeen buildings around Washington. Somervell ordered drawings produced in one weekend and, despite a firestorm of opposition, broke ground two months later, vowing that the building would be finished in little more than a year. Thousands of workers descended on the site, a raffish Virginia neighborhood known as Hell''s Bottom, while an army of draftsmen churned out designs barely one step ahead of their execution. Seven months later the first Pentagon employees skirted seas of mud to move into the building and went to work even as construction roared around them. The colossal Army headquarters helped recast Washington from a sleepy southern town into the bustling center of a reluctant empire.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Vivid portraits are drawn of other key figures in the drama, among them Franklin D. Roosevelt, the president who fancied himself an architect; Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall, both desperate for a home for the War Department as the country prepared for battle; Colonel Leslie R. Groves, the ruthless force of nature who oversaw the Pentagon''s construction (as well as the Manhattan Project to create an atomic bomb); and John McShain, the charming and dapper builder who used his relationship with FDR to help land himself the contract for the biggest office building in the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Pentagon''s post-World War II history is told through its critical moments, including the troubled birth of the Department of Defense during the Cold War, the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the tumultuous 1967 protest against the Vietnam War. The pivotal attack on September 11 is related with chilling new detail, as is the race to rebuild the damaged Pentagon, a restoration that echoed the spirit of its creation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This study of a single enigmatic building tells a broader story of modern American history, from the eve of World War II to the new wars of the twenty-first century. Steve Vogel has crafted a dazzling work of military social history that merits comparison with the best works of David Halberstam or David McCullough. Like its namesake, \u003ci\u003eThe Pentagon\u003c\/i\u003e is a true landmark.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Among books dealing with seemingly impossible engineering feats, this easily ranks with David McCullough''s \u003ci\u003eThe Great Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Path Between the Seas\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Ross King''s \u003ci\u003eBrunelleschi''s Dome\u003c\/i\u003e.\" -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Vogel artfully weaves architectural and cultural history, thus creating a brilliant and illuminating study of this singular (and, in many ways, sacred) American space.\" -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"An amazing story, expertly researched and beautifully told. Part history, part adventure yarn, \u003ci\u003eThe Pentagon\u003c\/i\u003e is above all else the biography of an American icon.\" -\u003cb\u003eRick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize winning author of \u003ci\u003eAn Army at Dawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"This book, like the Pentagon itself, is a stunning and monumental achievement.\" \u003cb\u003e-Andrew Carroll, editor of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers, \u003ci\u003eWar Letters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBehind the Lines\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Superb! Not only the best biography of a building ever written, but a fascinating look at the human architecture behind the Pentagon--the saints and scoundrels of our national defense. With his decades of experience covering the military and a web of insider connections, Steve Vogel has produced a book that''s not only timely and a treat to read, but a stellar example of how to write history in the twenty-first century.\" -\u003cb\u003eRalph Peters, author of \u003ci\u003eNever Quit The Fight\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"This concrete behemoth - the largest office building in the world - is also the product of considerable human ingenuity and resourcefulness, as Steve Vogel amply demonstrates in his interesting account... This is not, of course, the first account of the 9\/11 attack, but with its Clancyesque action and firsthand detail... it is surely the most vivid.\" - Witold Rybczynski, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e , June 10, 2007\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Vogel''s account shines . . . . A n engrossing and revealing account. . . . Vogel provides a first-rate account of the transformation of a dilapidated Arlington neighborhood into what Norman Mailer called \"the true and high church of the military industrial complex.\" -- Yonatan Lupu, \u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle,\u003c\/i\u003e June 10, 2007\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The saga of the construction of the Pentagon, skillfully recounted by Steve\u003cbr\u003e Vogel, a military reporter on the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, is as enthralling as it\u003cbr\u003e is improbable. . . . It was one of the greatest engineering feats of the\u003cbr\u003e 20th century-driven by the intelligence and willpower of larger-than-life\u003cbr\u003e figures prepared to cut corners and demand the impossible. Mr Vogel has\u003cbr\u003e brought to our notice a thrilling achievement.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe Economist,\u003c\/i\u003e June 30, 2007\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e selection forits 2007 summer reading list.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"THE PLOT- How the Pentagon, the world''s most famous defense building, was\u003cbr\u003e erected just as the U.S was pulled into World War II, and its subsequent\u003cbr\u003e history, including the rebuilding after the Sept. 11 attack.\u003cbr\u003e THE BACKSTORY- Mr. Vogel spent two years writing and researching the book.\u003cbr\u003e \"The Pentagon\" has drawn rave prepublication reviews, and within Random\u003cbr\u003e House there is hope that it will fill the usual summer slot for a big\u003cbr\u003e history title. It''s printing 30,000 copies to start.\u003cbr\u003e WHAT GRABBED US- Anecdotes about the Pentagon''s early days. The cafeteria\u003cbr\u003e couldn''t keep up with the flood of workers; security was so lax in 1972\u003cbr\u003e that the Weathermen walked in and planted a bomb, which exploded in a\u003cbr\u003e bathroom.\"-Robert Hughes, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal,\u003c\/i\u003e May 11, 2007\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Steve Vogel''s marvelous work recounts the construction of one\u003cbr\u003e of the world''s most iconic buildings - the Pentagon. But more compelling by\u003cbr\u003e far, he relates the human stories underlying this huge construction effort.\u003cbr\u003e . . .All this would of itself be enough to warrant a book but Vogel plunges on\u003cbr\u003e to an appropriate second story- the terrorist assault of 9\/11 and the\u003cbr\u003e Pentagon''s subsequent resurrection. This section of the book, due perhaps\u003cbr\u003e to the proximity of the event, is all the more compelling. . .\u003cbr\u003e -Frederick J. Chiaventone, \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, June 17, 2007\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Vogel''s writing coupled with the dynamic, conflict-strewn\u003cbr\u003e history of the Pentagon provides for a fascinating and comfortable read\u003cbr\u003e while giving new insight into an old Washington landmark.\"-\u003ci\u003eRoll Call\u003c\/i\u003e, June 5, 2007\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Students, writers and historians will use \u003ci\u003eThe Pentagon\u003c\/i\u003e as a\u003cbr\u003e reference book for years to come. Vogel has created an admirable, timely\u003cbr\u003e and immensely readable book. 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