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Mulholland Books From Russia with Blood
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Presidio Press The Main Enemy
Book SynopsisA landmark collaboration between a thirty-year veteran of the CIA and a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, The Main Enemy is the dramatic inside story of the CIA-KGB spy wars, told through the actions of the men who fought them. Based on hundreds of interviews with operatives from both sides, The Main Enemy puts us inside the heads of CIA officers as they dodge surveillance and walk into violent ambushes in Moscow. This is the story of the generation of spies who came of age in the shadow of the Cuban missile crisis and rose through the ranks to run the CIA and KGB in the last days of the Cold War. The clandestine operations they masterminded took them from the sewers of Moscow to the back streets of Baghdad, from Cairo and Havana to Prague and Berlin, but the action centers on Washington, starting in the infamous Year of the Spy—when, one by one, the CIA’s agents in Moscow began to be killed, up through to the very last man.
£9.32
Random House Publishing Group Ghost Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
Book SynopsisIn this hard-hitting memoir, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the threats that lurk unseen except by an experienced, worldly-wise few. Plunging readers into the murky world of violent religious extremism that spans the streets of Middle Eastern cities and the informant-filled alleys of American slums, Burton takes us behind the scenes to reveal how the United States tracked Libya-linked master terrorist Abu Nidal; captured Ramzi Yusef, architect of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; and pursued the assassins of major figures including Yitzhak Rabin, Meir Kahane, and General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the president of Pakistan-classic cases that have sobering new meaning in the treacherous years since 9/11. Here, too, is Burton’s advice on personal safety for today’s most powerful CEOs, gleaned from his experience at Stratfor, the private firm Barron̵
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Random House USA Inc The Zhivago Affair
Book SynopsisThe Zhivago Affair is the dramatic, never-before-told story—drawing on newly declassified files—of how a forbidden book became a secret CIA weapon in the ideological battle between East and West.In May 1956, an Italian publishing scout went to a village outside Moscow to visit Russia’s greatest living poet, Boris Pasternak. He left carrying the manuscript of Pasternak’s only novel, suppressed by Soviet authorities. From there the life of this extraordinary book entered the realm of the spy novel. The CIA published a Russian-language edition of Doctor Zhivago and smuggled it into the Soviet Union. Copies were devoured in Moscow and Leningrad, sold on the black market, and passed from friend to friend. Pasternak’s funeral in 1960 was attended by thousands who defied their government to bid him farewell, and his example launched the great tradition of the Soviet writer-dissident. First to obtain CIA files providing proof of the agency
£15.26
Random House USA Inc Spy
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WW Norton & Co The Wolf and the Watchman A Father a Son and the
Book SynopsisWhat happens when a father asks his son to lie for the greater good?Trade Review"A beautifully written memoir, and a cautionary tale about double lives. . . . I couldn’t put this book down." -- Robert Baer, former CIA case officer and author of See No Evil"Scott Johnson has written a fine book of unusual honesty; he grapples with the nature of his beloved father’s secret life and the profound consequences it has had in his own. This is an extraordinary story, astonishingly well-told." -- Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara"A mesmerizing book . . . beautifully written, deeply moving, and compulsively readable." -- David Finkel, author of The Good Soldiers"Brave and memorable . . . a rare glimpse into the private life of a spy that digs into the love, lies, and ambiguities between father and son." -- Megan Stack, author of Every Man in This Village Is a Liar"An aching, lyrical father-son story of the spy world that is dark and intriguing." -- Evan Thomas, author of The War Lover"This stunning memoir could be ripped from the pages of a John le Carré novel. . . . A fascinating and important book by one of the great American foreign correspondents of his generation." -- Michael Hastings, author of The Operators"[A] searingly honest memoir… [Johnson] deftly explores the eerie parallels between these professional worlds: the CIA case officer who labors to recruit sources to provide secret information to assist the United States in its pursuit of foreign policy objectives worldwide, and the journalist who also recruits inside sources, but ones who will speak for publication." -- San Francisco Chronicle"Evokes John le Carré’s dark autobiographical thriller The Perfect Spy." -- Washington Post"An enthralling look at a complicated father-son relationship and a painful investigation of the messiness of truth in journalism, intelligence ops, and life." -- Booklist"Johnson’s engrossing memoir, through the layers of subterfuge, uncovers many basic truths of familial conflict." -- Publishers Weekly"Gripping, emotional depictions of the conflicts that rage in the interior and exterior worlds of a spy—and of a journalist." -- Kirkus Reviews"Though there’s plenty of covert action and espionage in this fabulous book, the real heft of it is in Johnson’s moving account of his relationship with his father and how the secrets of the CIA affected that relationship." -- School Library Journal"With rare emotional subtlety, and in finely etched prose worthy of Evelyn Waugh or Graham Greene, [Johnson] captures the perspectives of people on various sides of [a] bloody equation." -- Emma Garman - The Daily Beast
£19.94
WW Norton & Co The Wolf and the Watchman A Father a Son and the
Book SynopsisLonglisted for the National Book Award and named a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year.Trade Review"A beautifully written memoir, and a cautionary tale about double lives. . . . I couldn’t put this book down." -- Robert Baer, former CIA case officer and author of See No Evil"A fine book of unusual honesty; he grapples with the nature of his beloved father’s secret life and the profound consequences it has had in his own. This is an extraordinary story, astonishingly well-told." -- Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara"A mesmerizing book . . . beautifully written, deeply moving, and compulsively readable." -- David Finkel, author of The Good Soldiers"Brave and memorable . . . a rare glimpse into the private life of a spy that digs into the love, lies, and ambiguities between father and son." -- Megan Stack, author of Every Man in This Village Is a Liar"An aching, lyrical father-son story of the spy world that is dark and intriguing." -- Evan Thomas, author of The War Lover"This stunning memoir could be ripped from the pages of a John le Carré novel. . . . A fascinating and important book by one of the great American foreign correspondents of his generation." -- Michael Hastings, author of The Operators"[A] searingly honest memoir… [Johnson] deftly explores the eerie parallels between these professional worlds: the CIA case officer who labors to recruit sources to provide secret information to assist the United States in its pursuit of foreign policy objectives worldwide, and the journalist who also recruits inside sources, but ones who will speak for publication." -- San Francisco Chronicle"Evokes John le Carré’s dark autobiographical thriller The Perfect Spy." -- Washington Post, A Notable Book of the Year"With rare emotional subtlety, and in finely etched prose worthy of Evelyn Waugh or Graham Greene, [Johnson] captures the perspectives of people on various sides of [a] bloody equation." -- Emma Garman - The Daily Beast
£12.34
Penguin Putnam Inc Spycraft
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Basic Books The Sword and the Shield
Book SynopsisChristopher Andrew's work is based on one of the most extraordinary intelligence coups of recent times: the discovery of highly classified documents which the FBI has described, after close examination, as the most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source.Table of Contents* Abbreviations and Acronyms * The Evolution of the KGB, 1917-1991 * The Transliteration of Russian Names * Foreward * The Mitrokhin Archive * From Lenin's Cheka to Stalin's OGPU * The Great Illegals * The Magnificent Five * Terror * War * The Grand Alliance * Victory * From War to Cold War * The "Main Adversary" Part 1: North American Illegals in the 1950's * The "Main Adversary". Part 2: Walk-ins, Legal Residencies and the Early Cold War * The Main Adversary Part 3: Illegals after "Abel" * The Main Adversary Part 4: Walk-ins, Legal Residencies and the Later Cold War * Political Warfare: Active Measure and the Main Adversary * PROGRES" Operations. Part 1: Crushing the Prague Spring * PROGRESS Operations. Part 2: Spying on the Soviet Bloc * The KGB and Western Communist Parties * Eurocommunism * Ideological Subversion Part 1: The War Against the Dissidents * Ideological Subversion Part 2: The Victory of the Dissidents * SIGINT in the Cold War * Special Tasks Part 1: From Marshal Tito to Rudolf Nureyev * Special Tasks Part 2: The Andropov Era and Beyond * Cold War Operations Against Britain Part 1: After the "Magnificient Five" * Cold War Operations Against Britain Part 2: After Operation FOOT * The Federal Republic of Germany * France and Italy during the Cold War: Agent Penetration and Active Measures * The Penetration and Persecution of the Soviet Churches * The Polish Pope and the Rise of Solidarity * The Polish Crisis and the Crumbling of the Soviet Bloc * Conclusion: From the One-Party State to the Yeltsin Presidency * Appendices * A. KGB Chairmen, 1917-26 * B. Heads of Foreign Intelligence, 1920-1999 * C. The Organization of the KGB * D. The Organization of the KGB First Chief Directorate * E. The Organization of a KGB Residency * Notes * Bibliography * Index
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Random House USA Inc Red Line
Book SynopsisIn Red Line, Joby Warrick, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Black Flags, shares the thrilling unknown story of America’s mission in Syria: to find and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons and keep them out of the hands of the Islamic State.In August 2012, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war. When secret intelligence revealed that the dictator might resort to using chemical weapons, President Obama warned that doing so would cross “a red line.” Assad did it anyway, bombing the Damascus suburb of Ghouta with sarin gas, killing hundreds of civilians, and forcing Obama to decide if he would mire America in another unpopular war in the Middle East. When Russia offered to broker the removal of Syria’s chemical weapons, Obama leapt at the out. So began an electrifying race to find, remove, and destroy 1,300 tons of chemical weapons in the midst of a raging civil war. The extraordinary little-known effort is a triumph for the Americans, but soon Russia’s long game becomes clear: it will do anything to preserve Assad’s rule. As America’s ability to control events in Syria shrinks, the White House learns that ISIS, building its caliphate in Syria’s war-tossed territory, is seeking chemical weapons for itself, with an eye to attack the West. Drawing on astonishing original reporting, Warrick crafts a character-driven narrative that reveals how the United States embarked on a bold adventure to prevent one catastrophe but could not avoid a tragic chain of events that led to another.
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Random House USA Inc The Sisterhood
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£21.28
Irish Academic Press Ltd Inspector Mallon Buying Irish Patriotism for a
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£60.10
Penguin Putnam Inc The Pigeon Tunnel
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£15.30
The History Press Ltd Codename Intelligentsia
Book SynopsisThe remarkable story of Ivor Montagu, and of left-wing politics and Soviet undercover activity in Britain between the wars
£31.92
National Geographic Books International Spy Museums Handbook of Practical
Book SynopsisThe mind is the only weapon that a spy is guaranteed to discharge on a daily basis. If you can adopt the principles described in this book, you may not be ready to single-handedly take down a supervillain, but you will be better prepared to counter the razor-sharp hats of hassle that the Odd Jobs of the world are continually flinging at you. It’s the first step in learning how to think like a spy. Have you ever wanted to enter the world of espionage? In this light-hearted handbook, the International Spy Museum shares tips on how to use classic spying techniques in your everyday life. Whether you need get your neighbor to stop stealing your morning newspaper or you’d like to learn how to best hide your valuables in your home, you’re bound to find a tactic that will solve your problem. Sprinkled throughout are also quotes from famous figures and information on the history of spying.
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Random House USA Inc Rogue Justice The Making of the Security State
Book SynopsisThe definitive account of how America’s War on Terror sparked a decade-long assault on the rule of law, weakening our courts and our Constitution in the name of national security.The day after September 11, President Bush tasked the attorney general with preventing another terrorist attack on the United States. From that day forward, the Bush administration turned to the Department of Justice to give its imprimatur to activities that had previously been unthinkable—from the NSA’s spying on US citizens to indefinite detention to torture. Many of these activities were secretly authorized, others done in the light of day.When President Obama took office, many observers expected a reversal of these encroachments upon civil liberties and justice, but the new administration found the rogue policies to be deeply entrenched and, at times, worth preserving. Obama ramped up targeted killings, held fast to aggressive surveillance policies, and fell
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Scarecrow Press Historical Dictionary of World War II
Book SynopsisIn the years immediately following World War II, information was disclosed about what has been termed the shadow war of the existence of hitherto secret agencies. In Germany it was the Abwehr and the Sicherheitsdienst; in Britain it was MI5, the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and Special Operations Executive (SOE); in the United States it was the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the Special Intelligence Service (SIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); in Japan it was the Kempet''ai; and in Italy the Servicio di Informazione Militare (SIM). Sixty years after World War II secrets are still being revealed about the covert activities that took place. Many countries had secret agencies maintaining covert operations, but even ostensibly neutral countries also conducted secret operations. Changes in American, British, and even Soviet official attitudes to declassification in the 1980s allowed thousands of secret documents to be made available for public examination, and the result was extensive revisionism of the conventional histories of the conflict, which previously had excluded references to secret intelligence sources. The Historical Dictionary of World War II Intelligence tells the emerging history of the intelligence world during World War II. This is done through a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the secret agencies, operations, and events. The world of double agents, spies, and moles during WWII is explained in the most comprehensive reference currently available.Trade Reviewa handy one-volume dictionary of intelligence activities during World War II....well done and will provide a handy and informative addition. * American Reference Books Annual *A handy one-volume dictionary of intelligence activities during World War II....Well done and will provide a handy and informative addition. * Global War Studies *Table of ContentsEditor's Foreword Acronyms and Abbreviations Chronology Introduction THE DICTIONARY Bibliography Index About the Author
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Eyes on Spies Congress and the United States
Book SynopsisTable of Contents List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: What Does Good Oversight Look Like, Anyway? Chapter Three: Goldilocks and the Intelligence Oversight Literature Chapter Four: Policemen, Firefighters, and Spooks: How Oversight Varies Across Policy Domains (with Julie Quinn) Chapter Five: Oversight Weapons Gone Weak: Expertise and Budgetary Authority Chapter Six: Conclusion About the Author About the Hoover Institution’s Koret–Taube Task Force on National Security and Law Index
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Remaking Domestic Intelligence
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University of Missouri Press The Foundation of the CIA
Book SynopsisProvides new material and a fresh perspective on American National Intelligence practice, focusing on the first fifty years of the twentieth century, when the United States took on the responsibilities of a global superpower during the first years of the Cold War.Trade ReviewRichard Schroeder’s compelling new book reveals how an under-appreciated U.S. President, Harry Truman, put together an intelligence framework that remained in place for decades and contributed to winning the Cold War. It is a story well told and highly recommended!" — noted intelligence historian H. Keith Melton"An important and long overdue contribution to America’s national security history. The Foundation of the CIA properly honors the members of President Truman’s “Missouri Gang,” whose collective legacy was a responsible intelligence Agency that has served Democratic and Republican Presidents alike for seventy years." — Robert Wallace, author with H. Keith Meltonof Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA’s Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda"Schroeder knows his history and has aggressively explored primary and secondary sources. Anyone with an interest in early U.S. intelligence history or the Roosevelt/Truman era especially will appreciate this book. Perhaps its greatest contribution is its extensive treatment of the first Director, Roscoe Hillenkoetter." — David M. Barrett, Professor of Political Science, Villanova University; author of The CIA and Congress: The Untold Story from Truman to KennedyTable of Contents The Foundation of the CIA Foreword Introduction Chapter One: American National Intelligence: From the Revolutionary Army to World War II Chapter Two: America in World War II and the Beginnings of Central Intelligence Chapter Three: William J. Donovan and the Office of Strategic Services Chapter Four: Harry Truman, Sidney Souers, and the Next Steps Chapter Five: The CIA, Roscoe Hillenkoetter, and the Cold War Endnotes Bibliography
£999.99
Texas Christian University Press,U.S. Spies Politics and Power
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Trine Day A Certain Arrogance
Book SynopsisProviding the global cultural context for the assassination of John F Kennedy, this title delves into how United States intelligence agencies and other entities manipulated liberal religious groups and educational institutions for ideological, political, and economic gain during the Cold War exposes many misunderstood political operations.
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Pen & Sword Books Defectors from the Reich
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CQ Press Intelligence
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£127.80
Random House USA Inc A Brotherhood of Spies
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Alfred A. Knopf By All Means Available
Book SynopsisA vivid insider's account of a life in intelligence, special operations, and strategy from the Cold War to the war with al-Qa’ida • [An] illuminating and richly detailed memoir. —The New York Times Book ReviewDeeply insightful...A sweeping and breathtaking journey that gives the reader unprecedented access to the courage, sacrifice, and bravado of our nation’s finest warriors, in their finest hours. —Admiral William H. McRaven, author of Wisdom of the Bullfrog and #1 New York Times bestseller, Make Your BedIn 1984, Michael Vickers took charge of the CIA’s secret war against the Soviets in Afghanistan. After inheriting a strategy aimed at imposing costs on the Soviets for their invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, Vickers transformed the covert campaign into an all-out effort to help the Afghan resistance win their war. More than any other American, he was responsible for the o
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Random House USA Inc How America Lost Its Secrets Edward Snowden the
Book SynopsisA powerful exposé that calls into question Edward Snowden's hero status and uncovers how vulenerable our national security systems have become.Edward Snowden. Hero, traitor, whistleblower, or spy? In the wake of his 2013 NSA leak, public opinion has been divided over the former IT analyst. In How America Lost Its Secrets, Edward Jay Epstein draws on his extensive journalistic experience and investigative acumen to investigate the Snowden scandal--why, and how, it happened, and what the implications will be. This is a crucial book for anyone hoping to understand national security in the digital age, and what Snowden's revelations mean for America (and Putin's Russia).
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Griffin Publishing The Brothers
Book SynopsisDuring the 1950s, when the Cold War was at its peak, two immensely powerful brothers led the US into a series of foreign adventures whose effects are still shaking the world. In this book, the story of John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles is the story of America. It illuminates and helps explain the modern history of the US and the world.
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St. Martin's Press The Dirty Tricks Department
Book SynopsisJohn Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch-The Dirty Tricks Department-and its role in World War II.In the summer of 1942, Stanley Lovell, a renowned industrial chemist, received a mysterious order to report to an unfamiliar building in Washington, D.C. When he arrived, he was led to a barren room where he waited to meet the man who had summoned him. After a disconcerting amount of time, William Wild Bill Donovan, the head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), walked in the door. You know your Sherlock Holmes, of course, Donovan said as an introduction. Professor Moriarty is the man I want for my staff...I think you're it.Following this life-changing encounter, Lovell became the head of a secret group of scientists who developed dirty tricks for the OSS, the precursor to the CIA. Their inventions included Bat Bombs, suicide pills, fighting knives, silent pistols, and camouflaged explosives. Moreover, they forged
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St Martin's Press The JFK Conspiracy
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St Martin's Press Poisoner in Chief
Book SynopsisThe bestselling author of All the Shah's Men and The Brothers tells the astonishing story of the man who oversaw the CIA's secret drug and mind-control experiments of the 1950s and '60s.The visionary chemist Sidney Gottlieb was the CIA's master magician and gentlehearted torturerthe agency's poisoner in chief. As head of the MK-ULTRA mind control project, he directed brutal experiments at secret prisons on three continents. He made pills, powders, and potions that could kill or maim without a traceincluding some intended for Fidel Castro and other foreign leaders. He paid prostitutes to lure clients to CIA-run bordellos, where they were secretly dosed with mind-altering drugs. His experiments spread LSD across the United States, making him a hidden godfather of the 1960s counterculture. For years he was the chief supplier of spy tools used by CIA officers around the world.Stephen Kinzer, author of groundbreaking books about U.S. clandestine opera
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St Martin's Press Black Ops
Book SynopsisThe Explosive National BestsellerA memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era.Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in America. Fifty years later, the Cuban refugee retired from the Central Intelligence Agency as the CIA equivalent of a two-star general. Black Ops is the story of Ric's legendary career that spanned two eras, the Cold War and the Age of Terrorism. Operating in the shadows, Ric and his fellow CIA officers fought a little-seen and virtually unknown war to keep the USA safe from those who would do it harm. After duty stations in Central and South America and the Philippines, Black Ops follows Ric into the highest echelons of the
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Flatiron Books The Nazi Conspiracy
Book SynopsisINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn absolute home run! You will never look at WWII the same way again. Brad Thor, #1 bestselling authorMeltzer and Mensch are masters. Jon Meacham, author The Soul of AmericaA true story that reads like a thriller. Alexander S. Vindman, LT. Col., U.S. Army (Ret.)An outstanding and memorable reading experience....a true page-turner from beginning to end. BookreporterFrom the New York Times bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true story of a Nazi plot to kill FDR, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill at the height of World War II.In 1943, as the war against Nazi Germany raged abroad, President Franklin Roosevelt had a critical goal: a face-to-face sit-down with his allies Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. This first-ever meeting of the Big Three in Tehran, Iran, would de
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St. Martin's Griffin The Spy in Moscow Station
Book SynopsisThe thrilling, true story of the race to find a leak in the United States Embassy in Moscowbefore more American assets are rounded up and killed. Foreword by Gen. Michael V. Hayden (Retd.), Former Director of NSA & CIAIn the late 1970s, the National Security Agency still did not officially existthose in the know referred to it dryly as the No Such Agency. So why, when NSA engineer Charles Gandy filed for a visa to visit Moscow, did the Russian Foreign Ministry assert with confidence that he was a spy? Outsmarting honey traps and encroaching deep enough into enemy territory to perform complicated technical investigations, Gandy accomplished his mission in Russia, but discovered more than State and CIA wanted him to know. Eric Haseltine''s The Spy in Moscow Station tells of a time whenmuch like todayRussian spycraft had proven itself far beyond the best technology the U.S. had to offer. The perils of American arrogance mixed with b
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St Martin's Press The Dirty Tricks Department
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MacMillan Audio The Nazi Conspiracy
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Codename TREASURE
Book SynopsisFirst published biography of Lily, using her own writings and unpublished family papers. One of MI5's five D-Day spies who mis-led the Nazis, from Hitler downwards, into believing that the Allied landing would take place in the Pas de Calais, thus saving countless lives on the beaches of Normandy.
£32.11
HarperCollins Espanol CAZANDO A EL CHAPO
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National Geographic Kids George Washington Spymaster How the Americans
Book SynopsisNow in paperback—the award-winning National Geographic book that presents the untold story of the invisible war behind the American Revolution. A riveting tale of intrigue, spies, counterspies and secret agents, George Washington, Spymasteris a unique and entertaining account of one of the most important chapters in our nation's history. The compelling narrative reveals the surprising role played by the first commander-in-chief, General George Washington in the War of Independence. Follow the action as 1775 dawns, and Washington finds himself in serious trouble. At war with Britain, the world's most powerful empire, his ragtag army possesses only a few muskets, some cannons, and no money. The Americans' only hope is to wage an invisible war—a war of spies, intelligence networks, and deception. Enter the shadowy world of double agents, covert operations, codes and ciphers—a world so secret that America's spymaster himself doesn't know the identit
£8.32
Simon & Schuster A Time to Betray A Gripping True Spy Story of
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Amberley Publishing Agent Fifi and the Wartime Honeytrap Spies
Book SynopsisThe true story of the Agent Fifi, whose mere identity was only disclosed in September 2014 as Marie Chilver.
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Amberley Publishing Operation Big
Book SynopsisExplores the Cambridgeshire country house at the centre of a secret mission to stop Hitler's A-Bomb.Trade Review‘It sounds like the plot of a bestselling thriller … but every word is true … extraordinary’ -- Sunday Express‘We were awestruck, not so much at the power of the bomb, but because the Americans had used it with so little notice.’ -- R. V. Jones, head of wartime British Scientific Intelligence
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Twelve Golden Thread
Book Synopsis Uncover the story behind the death of renowned diplomat and UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld in this true story of spies and intrigue surrounding one of the most enduring unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century. On September 17, 1961, Dag Hammarskjöld boarded a Douglas DC6 propeller plane on the sweltering tarmac of the airport in Leopoldville, the capital of the Congo. Hours later, he would be found dead in an African jungle with an ace of spades playing card placed on his body.Hammarskjöld had been the head of the United Nations for nine years. He was legendary for his dedication to peace on earth. But dark forces circled him: Powerful and connected groups from an array of nations and organizations—including the CIA, the KGB, underground militant groups, business tycoons, and others—were determined to see Hammarskjöld fail.A riveting work of investigative journalism based on never-before-see
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Undercover Nazi Hunter: Unmasking Evil in
Book SynopsisWolfe Frank was Chief Interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials where he was dubbed 'The Voice of Doom'. A playboy turned resistance worker he had fled Germany for England in 1937 having been branded an 'enemy of the state - to be shot on sight'. Initially interned as an 'enemy alien', he was later released and allowed to join the British Army - where he rose to the rank of Captain. Unable to speak English when he arrived by the time of the trials he was considered to be the finest interpreter in the world. In the months following his service at Nuremberg, Frank became increasingly alarmed at the misinformation coming out of Germany so in 1949, backed by the New York Herald Tribune, he risked his life again by returning to the country of his birth to make an 'undercover' survey of the main facets of post-war German life and viewpoints. During his enterprise he worked as a German alongside Germans in factories, on the docks, in a refugee camp and elsewhere. Equipped with false papers he sought objective answers to many questions including: refugees; anti-Semiticism; morality, de-Nazification; religion; nationalism. The NYHT said at the time: 'A fresh appraisal of the German question could only be obtained by a German and Mr Frank had all the exceptional qualifications necessary. We believe the result of his "undercover" work told in human, factual terms, is an important contribution to one of the great key problems of the post-war world ... and incidentally it contains some unexpected revelations and dramatic surprises'. The greatest of those surprises was Frank single handedly tracking down and arresting the SS General ranked 'fourth' on the allies 'most wanted' list - and personally taking and transcribing the Nazi's confession. The Undercover Nazi Hunter not only reproduces Frank's series of articles (as he wrote them) and a translation of the confession, which, until now, has never been seen in the public domain, it also reveals the fascinating behind-the-scenes story of a great American newspaper agonizing over how best to deal with this unique opportunity and these important exposes.
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Rowman & Littlefield Methods of Inquiry for Intelligence Analysis
Book SynopsisFew professions have experienced change to the same extent as has intelligence. Since the 9/11 attacks, the role of intelligence has continued to grow, and its mission remains complex. Government and private security agencies are recruiting intelligence analysts in ever higher numbers to process what has become a voluminous amount of raw information and data. Methods of Inquiry for Intelligence Analysis offers students the means of gaining the analytic skills essential to undertake intelligence work, and the understanding of how intelligence fits into the larger research framework. It covers not only the essentials of applied research, but also the function, structure, and operational methods specifically involved in intelligence work.Trade ReviewA text for academics, students, and practitioners who are interested in understanding the changes taking affect in the area of intelligence and in the role of analysts. -- Garth den Heyer, Arizona State UniversityMethods of Inquiry for Intelligence Analysis presents a strong discussion of the subject from a perspective grounded in the scientific method, while providing a comprehensive and well-organized overview of how various intelligence products are developed and disseminated. -- Mark Feulner, Florida State UniversityHaving examples of the types of analysis makes the book extremely strong and useful in the classroom; students need to see concrete examples of theories in practice. -- Ken Stiles, Virginia TechTable of ContentsChapter 1 Intelligence Theory Chapter 2 Intelligence Organizational Structures Chapter 3 The Intelligence Research Process Chapter 4 Clandestine and Covert Sources of Information Chapter 5 Open Sources of Information Chapter 6 Qualitative Analytics Chapter 7 Quantitative Analytics Chapter 8 Geointelligence Chapter 9 Target Profiles Chapter 10 Operational Assessments Chapter 11 Vehicle Route Security Report Chapter 12 Threat Assessments Chapter 13 Vulnerability Assessments Chapter 14 Risk Assessments Chapter 15 National Security Policy Assessments Chapter 16 Appendix—Critical Values of Chi-Square Distribution Chapter 17 About the Author Chapter 18 Index
£110.81
Basic Books State of Silence: The Espionage ACT and the Rise
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£26.00
PublicAffairs Agent M: The Lives and Spies of MI5's Maxwell
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£15.29
PublicAffairs Agents of Influence: A British Campaign, a
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