European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Once top secret new books reveal soviet military by Edwin Mcdowell the new York times Jyh in ea.w4sl / tons the soviet Union is now cooperating with Western publish w a ers tin Hooks about the soviet. A military providing the sort of. Facts figures and even photographs that spies. Ahad for decades risked life and limb to obtain. A if the. Soviets knew you d had this kind of no trial six years ago they a have come alter you with their agents Quot said Moise Feder. The editor of the military Book club. Quot now they re a helping make do available to us in the . The Hooks Are remarkable Lor detailing very a thin trom soviet military training methods to specification of the Tost modern soviet Summa Riu ils and air planes and publishers arc gambing that american readers will be sufficiently intrigued by the revelations of what was once Chisso tied information to make the books big Sellers. Some of the Linlor Mullion in the books has come from sources and some from ranking military and intelligence sources Irr Kast Ern Europe. But most was supplied by soviet officials Ryhn for political and economic reasons have been willing to provide Western publishers with facts figures and photographs that were formerly kept secret. A a a we re now at the end of the cold War we Hope and the soviets Are much More open at every level Quot said John w. A Taylor who for 30 years was editor of june Sall inc worlds aircraft one of the series of Aulbort tattle military a a reference London Taylor is also the editor of soviet wings mod a Ern soviet military aircraft just published Byju Rebulio press in Novato Cali i., and simultaneously by publishers in England Canada France Japan Yugoslavia Italy . Tire Book consists of 141 color photographs never belief a a Tiki so kit is k it it it i his hazy shot or a soviet submarine rebuilt for cruise missiles was the Best the West could get in 1988 now the soviets Are supplying photos of their military equipment to Western publishers. Published m the West including some featuring the latest soviet combat air grail. All the photos Are by alek1 andr m a Hus ii soviet Aerial photographer soviet aircraft have sometimes an shows in the West but Taylor and others said those planes were usually photographed sitting on runways their weapons covered up but soviet wings shows them taking off from Carrier decks shows their armament and electronic jamming equipment and has detailed specifications a we had so few Good pictures of soviet aircraft that the joke in aviation and intelligence circles was that they built Only blurred aircraft Quot said Lionel Leven Hal the head of arc chill books in London a leading publisher of military books Leven Hal acquired the photographs Toi soviet wings i rom a Moscow publisher and arranged Lor the Book s simultaneous publication on three continents but not m the soviet Union the Bop is a Haift selection of the military Book club Quot ifs omes Frog of a Gamble for us a Feder said a because it s an expensive it retails for $50, and the club Price is $30 Quot but some of those planes Haven to been seen before and most of the photographs compare Well to those of american aviation photographers Quot next month Asheville press will publish inside the soviet military by Carey Schofield a British journalist with photographs by Leonid Yakut in a soviet naval officer and military photographer. They spent a year with the soviet military visiting a naval base at Quot Vladivostok covering Parachute training at Ryazan watching the Winter Maneu vers of Warsaw pact troops and visiting Many other bases units and warships. The reasons Foi such cooperation Are not always Clear although the authors and publishers of those books attribute it to the new soviet policies of openness but there May be other motivations. Asked _ what inspired the soviets to make available the revealing photographs of soviet planes Levin Thal replied. Quot Money i m paying them in Western he declined to say How much. The need for Money May work another ways Norman Polmar a naval analyst and a consultant to the department of defense said a the soviets for years have wanted to sell commercial air a planes and soviet wings is a reflection of that the soviets Are apparently hoping buyers will be More interested d they have a better idea of what they Are getting reviews the Eagle has flown by Jack Higgins Simon schuster $21�5 a by Newgate Calendar the new York times to Quot ask f Liggins novel the Fugle has landed i which was published in llf75, sold More a i copies than there Are Pine Cones in Maine was. Made into a movie and brought celeb to. Rity to the British writer. Z it was about a German attempt during world War 11 to Kidnap Winston Churchill and bring him to Berlin. Heading the German team were a Parachute Kurt Steiner and an Ira Assassin named Liam Devlin. The attempt tailed. Devlin got away. Steiner a and sent to the Tower of Londo no less. It Vij ,.-. A a one unusual of the Book was the a Turc two principals Steiner not a nazi was a Gallant resourceful officer. Devlin a killer with Irish Charm was a complicated mixture of Man of action poet and philosopher. It was easy to identify with them and one ended up actually cheering them on. Now they Are Back in the Fugle has flown. Simultaneously the publisher is reissuing the Eagle Lias landed with some material that was Cut from the original edition. Many of the Quot Samc characters Are Back including Adoll Hitler Heinrich Mimler and Walter Schellenberg a. General who was one of Himmler s subordinates m the is. A -. A a a a it is tiie general who handles the planning in this so Iid l ordered by Munler to get Niemei out of i Ingland to to returned to As a Mireio. It so happens that Schellenberg is Stein Caks counterpart a civilized Mam an a a anti nazi who knows that Germany is lost but who will Pul up with Hitler because the Adorna live Himmler would be a a -. Higgins is an expert storyteller and he goes about he Eagle has flown with typical gusto. Everything is carefully arranged Little pieces fit. Ling into other Little pieces to form an action packed mosaic. A the things that happen in this novel could not real life but can in an authors imagine fion. He gives us a group of heroes who front the beginning Are invincible. Nothing could Ever happen to. Archetypes like these. The Reader will happily full info the net. Associated with the nazis or not Devlin Steiner and Schellenburg Are supermen and As m i he Eagle has landed we want them to succed do they sorry. Can to Tell. A the Ciok is available Ai St tsar a St in amps bookstores. A. A Sunda Junei 1.99.1
