Espionage and secret services Books
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception
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Rowman & Littlefield Methods of Inquiry for Intelligence Analysis
Book SynopsisThis textbook offers a way of gaining the analytic skills essential to undertake intelligence work. It acquaints students and analysts with 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. It looks at how analysts work with classified information in a security conscious environment as well as obtain data via covert methods.Table 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
£44.00
Oxford University Press Inc Bombing to Provoke
Book SynopsisThe rapid proliferation and growing sophistication of aerospace weapons--rockets, missiles, and drones--have altered the landscape of warfare. The influence of these weapons on the battlefield is felt profoundly, yet the mechanism of coercion by which these weapons alter the will of the adversary is poorly understood.In Bombing to Provoke, Jaganath Sankaran argues that it is not what these aerospace weapons physically do but what they prompt the target state to do in response that matters for understanding their coercive effect. By threatening a chemical, biological, or nuclear strike or demonstrating the ability to bombard the target''s economic and political core repeatedly, aerospace weapons coerce by weaponizing fear and triggering a sense of defenselessness. Sankaran provides a series of historical and current case studies to show how these fears amplify the political vulnerabilities of the target state, coercing it to divert substantial military resources away from other vital missions to redress the threat. This scenario is playing out in real time right now in both the Russo-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza theaters, both of which are seeing barrages of cross-border missile and rocket fire aimed at weakening the target''s resolve.For anyone seeking to understand why states at war in the age of aerospace weapon warfare operate and react in the ways that they do, this book''s methodical dissection of the strategic rationale behind these weapons makes it necessary reading.
£19.99
Random House USA Inc Legacy of Ashes
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£17.00
Taylor & Francis Exploratio
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Random House USA Inc Manhunt The TenYear Search for Bin Laden from 911
Book SynopsisNOW AN HBO DOCUMENTARY In Manhunt, Peter Bergen delivers a taut yet panoramic account of the pursuit and killing of Osama bin Laden. Here are riveting new details of bin Laden's flight after the crushing defeat of the Taliban to Tora Bora, where American forces came startlingly close to capturing him, and of the fugitive leader's attempts to find a secure hiding place. As the only journalist to gain access to bin Laden's Abbottabad compound before the Pakistani government demolished it, Bergen paints a vivid picture of bin Laden's grim, Spartan life in hiding and his struggle to maintain control of al-Qaeda. Half a world away, Bergen takes us inside the Situation Room, where President Obama considers the courses of action presented by his war council and receives conflicting advice from his top advisors before deciding to risk the raid that would change history--and then inside the Joint Special Ops Command, w
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Random House USA Inc Future Crimes Inside the Digital Underground and
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • AMAZON'S BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF 2015 • From former FBI Futurist, Interpol advisor and beat cop—a deep dive into the digital underground illuminating the alarming ways criminals, corporations, and countries are using new technologies against you—and how this makes everyone more vulnerable.Technological advances have benefited our world in immeasurable ways, but there is an ominous flip side: our technology can be turned against us. And just over the horizon is a tidal wave of scientific progress that will leave our heads spinning—from implantable medical devices to drones and 3-D printers, all of which can be hacked, with disastrous consequences. With explosive insights based on a career in law enforcement and counterterrorism, leading authority on global security Marc Goodman takes readers on a vivid journey through the darkest recesses
£12.40
University Press of Kansas The CIAs Secret War in Tibet
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewConboy and Morrison do a wonderful job of weaving an intricate maze of details within the wider perspective of CIA’s operations in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Laos, in retelling a story very few know about."—The Tibet Journal"This is a work that makes the reader sit up and take notice. In the hands of Conboy and Morrison, the broader story of the U.S.-backed operation that lasted into the 1970s is engaging as well as important. The tale of Tibet still stands as a salutary warning of the dilemmas of secret and not-so-secret wars."—International History Review"A superb case study on intelligence that will stand the test of time."—Journal of Military History"An important story and one that is well told."—Journal of Asian Studies"The inside story of one of the CIA’s most tragic covert operations. Agency officers in the Wild East; nationalist, religious, and ethnic conflict—this is the stuff of a great yarn, which the authors tell in engaging detail."—John Prados, author of Presidents’ Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II Through the Persian Gulf"A masterful account of how the CIA sought to play the ‘new great game’ on the roof of the world."—David F. Rudgers, author of Creating the Secret State: Origins of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1943–1947"An excellent and impressive study of a major CIA covert operation during the Cold War."—William M. Leary, author of Perilous Missions: Civil Air Transport and CIA Covert Operations in Asia
£23.70
Edinburgh University Press The CIA and the Pursuit of Security
Book SynopsisWritten by intelligence scholars and experts, this book chronicles the evolution of the CIA: its remarkable successes, its controversial failures and its clandestine operations. The history of the agency is presented through the prism of its declassified documents, with each being supplemented by insightful contextual analysis.
£29.45
Melville House Publishing The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation
Book SynopsisMelville House publishes Robert Mueller's long-awaited report into allegations that Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign colluded with Russia.
£8.54
Rowman & Littlefield The Art of Intelligence: More Simulations,
Book SynopsisThe only professional resource of its kind to offer in one volume original simulations, exercises, and games designed by academics and intelligence professionals from several countries. These interactive learning tools add immeasurable value to students’ understanding of the intelligence enterprise, and the various contributors provide an international perspective to the topics and approached. For use in undergraduate and graduate courses in intelligence, intel analysis, business intelligence, and various other national security policy courses offered in universities and government training facilities with the need for training in analytic principles and tradecraft.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Experiencing the Art of Intelligence: William J. Lahneman and Rubén Arcos Chapter 2: Open Source Intelligence Portfolio: Challenging and Developing Intelligence Production and Communication Skills through Simulations: Rubén Arcos Chapter 3: The Collaborative Discovery Process: Leveraging Community Resources to Combat Human Trafficking: Randolph H. Pherson and Karen Saunders Chapter 4: Practicing Foresight Analysis in Intelligence Courses: William J. Lahneman Chapter 5: Intelligence Sovereignty Game: Roger Mason Chapter 6: Intelligence, Security, and Democracy: Florina Cristiana Matei and Carolyn Halladay Chapter 7: Security Gaming Scenario: A Pun Upon . . . Cards in a Multicultural Setting: Irena Chiru and Cristina Ivan Chapter 8: Disseminating the Intelligence: A Briefing Exercise Using Discourse Analysis: Julian Richards Chapter 9: Speak of the Devil: Simulating Competitive analysis in the Classroom: Stephen Coulthart Chapter 10: Spymaster: An Introduction to Collection Management (A Simulation): Kristan Wheaton Chapter 11: The Mysterious Tradecraft of the Great Pulcinella – Distraction, Deception and Deterrence: Chris Jagger and Shaun Romeril Chapter 12: Strategic Visioning: Processes to Facilitate Decision Making Within Complex Social Systems: Sheila R. Ronis and Richard J. Chasdi Competitive Intelligence Chapter 13: Building an alert-based scenario analysis gaming program for your organization: Nanette J. Bulger Chapter 14: Competitive Simulations in support of a product launch in the biopharmaceutical industry: Alfred Reszka and Daniel Pascheles
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The History Press Ltd I Heard My Country Calling
Book SynopsisThe remarkable true story of SOE heroine Elaine MaddenTrade ReviewHer story is well worth the telling . . . this is deserved homage to the courage and endurance of a woman who fought the great cause of a country she was proud to call her own.
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Biteback Publishing Six: A History of Britain's Secret Intelligence
Book SynopsisSix tells the complete story of the service's birth and early years, including the tragic, untold tale of what happened to Britain's extensive networks in Soviet Russia between the wars. It reveals for the first time how the playwright and MI6 agent Harley Granville Barker bribed the Daily News to keep Arthur Ransome in Russia, and the real reason Paul Dukes returned there. It shows development of tradecraftA" and the great personal risk officers and their agents took, far from home and unprotected. In Salonika, for example, Lieutenant Norman Dewhurst realised it was time to leave when he opened his door to find one of his agents hanging dismembered in a sack. This first part of Six takes us up to the eve of the conflict, using hundreds of previously unreleased files and interviews with key players to show how one of the world's most secretive of secret agencies originated and developed into something like the MI6 we know today. The second part, published in Spring 2012, will tell the story from the outbreak of World War Two to the present.Trade ReviewEngrossing... As a rollicking chronicle of demented derringdo, Smith's book is hard to beat. His research is prodigious and his eye for a good story impeccable, and his book, while perfectly scholarly, often reads like a real-life James Bond thriller.A" Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times If you want to know every detail of how Mansfield Cumming, the original C, won the fight with the directors of intelligence to establish the independence of his new service... then Smith's is your book.A" Literary Review Michael Smith's book covers events in more depth, features the identity of leading players, and affords readers and researchers an opportunity to seek further information. It is a brilliant work - meticulously researched and presented.A" Eye Spy Magazine
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University of California Press War Virtually
Book SynopsisA critical look at how the US military is weaponizing technology and data for new kinds of warfareand why we must resist. War Virtually is the story of how scientists, programmers, and engineers are racing to develop data-driven technologies for fighting virtual wars, both at home and abroad. In this landmark book, Roberto J. González gives us a lucid and gripping account of what lies behind the autonomous weapons, robotic systems, predictive modeling software, advanced surveillance programs, and psyops techniques that are transforming the nature of military conflict. González, a cultural anthropologist, takes a critical approach to the techno-utopian view of these advancements and their dubious promise of a less deadly and more efficient warfare. With clear, accessible prose, this book exposes the high-tech underpinnings of contemporary military operationsand the cultural assumptions they're built on. Chapters cover automated battlefield robotics; social scientists'involvement in eTrade Review"The topics addressed by Roberto González in War Virtually ought to concern us all." * Science *"González shows how surveillance thrives less on the machinations of evil men than on the pedestrian facts of political economy. . . . He scaffolds his analysis with character sketches of the social scientists, career generals, and Silicon Valley CEOs driving the development of virtual warfare." * Boston Review *"War Virtually overall paints the picture of a strong entanglement between the Defense Department and Silicon Valley. . . The details reveal the absurdity and megalomania that characterize aspects of virtual war. . . . A great piece of well-founded scholarship." * Public Anthropologist * "War Virtually is a well-written and carefully researched work of activist social science aimed at describing and diagnosing the pathologies of military-driven datafication dreams. Both specialist and lay readers will gain a better appreciation of these often-invisible aspects of the militarization of American society." * Contemporary Sociology *"A chilling view of where warfare and security are headed. . . . There is nothing cute or gee-whiz or cool about the terrifying forms of emergent warfare and data technologies that González expertly details and analyzes in War Virtually." * Current Anthropology *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations List of Terms and Abbreviations 1. War Virtually 2. Requiem for a Robot 3. Pentagon West 4. The Dark Arts 5. Juggernaut 6. Precogs, Inc. 7. Postdata Acknowledgments Appendix: Sub-rosa Research Notes References Index
£22.50
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd The Champagne Spy
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Edinburgh University Press Cognitive Bias in Intelligence Analysis
Book SynopsisThis book critiques the reliance of Western intelligence agencies on the use of a method for intelligence analysis developed by the CIA in the 1990s, the Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH).
£24.69
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Rose Code
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Duckworth Books Queen of Spies
Book SynopsisQueen of Spies captures both the paranoia and the on-the-ground realities of intelligence work from the Second World War to the Cold War, and the life of Britainâs celebrated female spy.Trade Review'Queen of Spies fills a big gap... a richly entertaining biography' Richard Norton Taylor, Guardian'Writing a biography of Daphne Park was never going to be easy and Paddy Hayes has done a very good job' Daily Telegraph'A remarkable biography of a remarkable woman - providing real insight into MI6 of the Cold War' Gordon Corera, author MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service'Daphne Park was truly the empress of British espionage. This book is a major contribution to understanding her fascinating career in MI6. Remarkably well-researched, it is required reading for anyone interested in the world of secret service' Professor Richard J Aldrich, author of GCQH: The Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency'A thoroughly researched and enlightening account' Times Literary Supplement'A wonderful new book that would make a great gift for anyone' Irish Daily Mail'This book was entertaining and thrilling, yet also informative and thought-provoking. It has explored many aspects of history and displays Hayes' passion for the intelligence service. It has a wide appeal to anyone who enjoys history or simply a good story' Bookbag'The only biography on Baroness Park and it fills a big gap. Hayes has produced an interesting and informative work' CIA Review of Books'Hayes is open about his own speculations, given the still-classified nature of much of this material, but he successfully conveys the inspiring nature of Park's personal story and achievements, offering an informative account of the Cold War and the workings of the super secret SIS' Publishers Weekly'A fascinating and long-overdue biography' Washington Post'The fascinating story of the evolution of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) from World War II to the Cold War through the eyes of Daphne Park, one of its outstanding and most unusual operatives. He provides the reader with one of the most intimate narratives yet of how the modern SIS actually went about its business whether in Moscow, Hanoi, or the Congo' Sunday Leader'An interesting and informative work' The Intelligencer'Hayes's accomplished biography circumvents the scanty evidence by offering a broader portrait of the Secret Service itself, a badly compromised men's club in which the forthright Park still managed to succeed' Sunday Telegraph'Only the second-ever biography published about a Cold War career officer in MI6' The Big Issue'Dame Daphne's story leaves us wondering about reality as seen through the eyes of a spy; and about how far spy work affected that reality' Spectator'Hayes deftly manages to chart her extraordinary life... that read like passages from a thriller' Country Life'This is an excellent biography of a remarkable woman... Intelligence researcher Hayes opens the door on the fascinating life of one of England's greatest spies, Daphne Park... As exciting as any good spy thriller but it's all true' Kirkus Reviews
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Oxford University Press Inc Wicked Problems
Book SynopsisThe ethics of changemaking and peacebuilding may appear straightforward: advance dignity, promote well-being, minimize suffering. Sounds simple, right? Actually acting ethically when it really matters is rarely straightforward. If someone engaged in change-oriented work sets out to do good, how should we prioritize and evaluate whose good counts? And, how ought we act once we have decided whose good counts? Practitioners frequently confront dilemmas where dire situations may demand some form of response, but each of the options may have undesirable consequences of one form or another. Dilemmas are not merely ordinary problems, they are wicked problems: that is to say, they are defined by circumstances that only allow for suboptimal outcomes and are based on profound and sometimes troubling trade-offs.Wicked Problems argues that the field of peacebuilding and conflict transformation needs a stronger and more practical sense of its ethical obligations. For example, it argues against posiTrade ReviewUnderexplored are the ethics of such approaches and whose interests are served by their successes. This edited collection of 17 short essays, along with an introduction, begins filling this lacuna. Readers will encounter a highly diverse set of chapters covering subject matter that touches on American Black nationalism, LGBTQ+ issues, human trafficking, sanctions, transitional justice, and more...The book is best used for individual chapters for scholarly and teaching purposes. * Choice *This comprehensive survey of the wicked ethical problems created by struggles for peace, rights, and justice is elegant and fast-paced. It weaves together different perspectives, contexts, and dilemmas to provide readers with a vivid, diverse, and sometimes provocative set of insights. This collection will surely become the go-to text for all those wanting to better understand the moral complexities of movements for peace and justice. * Alex J. Bellamy, The University of Queensland, Australia *Wicked Problems is refreshing, forward looking, and engaging. It pushes the peace and conflict studies field into new directions and frames many of its most difficult challenges around the ethical implications for the various areas of this vast field of practice. * Pamina Firchow, Associate Professor of Coexistence and Conflict, Brandeis University, and author of Reclaiming Everyday Peace: Local Voices in Measurement and Evaluation After War *Peace, rights, and justice advocacy has a wicked problem: an aspiration for the good that demands change and therefore entails conflict small, large, and sometimes even violent. Bringing together a diverse group of scholars and practitioners who have thought deeply about and grappled with such ethical dilemmas, this volume offers important insights, lessons learned, and possible paths forward. As such, Wicked Problems is a must-read for anyone involved in normative fields like peace studies, transitional justice, human rights, atrocity prevention, and social justice. * Alex Hinton, Rutgers University, and author of It Can Happen Here: White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US *A really valuable volume full of real-world dilemmas, rich personal experience, and practical advice from a wide range of activists. Wicked Problems is a major addition to the reading list of students studying human rights activism, social movements, political resistance, conflict transformation, and the struggle for peace. * Hugo Slim, Senior Research Fellow, Las Casas Institute for Social Justice at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford *Although other books examine ethics in changemaking, this one stands out in the diversity of the contributors' backgrounds, experiences, and assumptions about changemaking... [It collects] a stunning array of authors write short, punchy chapters that offer a visceral kick in the gut by describing the trade-offs and tensions involved in addressing these problems outside the realm of normative academic posturing. * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Contributors Introduction: Wicked Problems - The Ethics of Action for Peace, Rights, and Justice Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, Douglas Irvin-Erickson, and Ernesto Verdeja I: VIOLENCE 1. The Ritual of Black Armed Resistance: Police Abolition through the Eyes of the Black Radical Tradition Tony Gaskew 2. Building a Movement to End Poverty through Nonviolent Resistance Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back 3. Is Violence the Answer? A Pragmatic Approach Kirssa Cline Ryckman 4. How Is It to Be Done? Dilemmas of Prefigurative and Harm - Reduction Approaches to Social Movement Work Ashley J. Bohrer II: LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONS 5. The Paradox of Survivor Leadership Minh Dang 6. Allies Out Front: Dilemmas of Leadership Daniel J. Myers 7. Organizing Dilemmas across U.S.- Based Social Justice Movement Spaces alicia sanchez gill 8. The Ones Who Walk Away to Stay and Fight Philip Gamaghelyan 9. From Righteous to Responsive: Rethinking the Role of Moral Values of Peacebuilding Reina C. Neufeldt III: SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS 10. Dilemmas in Action Where Rule of Law Conflicts with Justice Deena R. Hurwitz 11. Establishing an Ethics of Post-Sanctions Peacebuilding George A. Lopez and Beatrix Geaghan-Breiner 12. Threading the Needle: Ethical Dilemmas in Preventing Mass Atrocities Ernesto Verdeja 13. Whither the Villains? The Ethical Dilemma in Armed Conflict Laurie Nathan 14. "A Different Kind of Weapon": Ethical Dilemmas and Nonviolent Civilian Protection Felicity Gray 15. The Ethics of Transitional Justice Tim Murithi 16. Why the Peacebuilding Field Needs Clear and Accessible Standards of Research Ethics Elizabeth Hume and Jessica Baumgardner-Zuzik 17. Consent, Inclusivity, and Local Voices: Ethical Dilemmas of Teaching Peace in Conflict Zones Agnieszka Paczynska and Susan F. Hirsch Bibliography Index
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Canelo Prince of Spies
Book SynopsisFind the truth; risk everything. A gripping WWII spy novel full of intrigue and peril from a modern master.1942: A German spy comes ashore on a desolate stretch of Lincolnshire beach. But he is hunted down by a young detective, Richard Prince. The secret services have need of a man like him...In occupied Europe, Denmark is a hotbed of problems for British intelligence. Rumours of a war-ending weapon being developed by the Germans are rife.Sent to Copenhagen, Prince is soon caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Dodging Gestapo agents, SS muscle and the danger of betrayal, his survival – and the war effort – hangs in the balance.Gripping and intense, Prince of Spies is the first in a new espionage series that will delight fans of Alan Furst, Philip Kerr and John le Carré.
£9.49
Granta Books The Secret Twenties: British Intelligence, the
Book SynopsisIn the 1920s, many in the British establishment became convinced that their way of life was being threatened by the new Soviet state. The British government launched vast spying operations in response, carrying out surveillance on not only suspect Russians, but British aristocrats, Bloomsbury artists, ordinary workers and even MPs. What they discovered had profound ramifications for the whole of British society, dividing the nation and laying the foundations for the later Cold War. Drawing on a wealth of recently declassified archives, The Secret Twenties tells the story of the first Soviet spies and the double agents in their midst, all of it set against the sparkling backdrop of cocktail-era London.
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HarperCollins India A Life in the Shadows: A Memoir
Book SynopsisFrom a Partition-bloodied childhood in Lahore and New Delhi to his early years as a young intelligence officer.
£19.35
Leonardo Bello Leon PABLO ESCOBAR. Su defensa. Parte I.: Lo malo fue
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Penguin Putnam Inc Ghost Wars
Book SynopsisWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction • A New York Times bestseller“The CIA itself would be hard put to beat his grasp of global events . . . Deeply satisfying.” —The New York Review of BooksFrom the award-winning and bestselling author of Directorate S and The Achilles Trap comes the explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan.To what extent did America’s best intelligence analysts grasp the rising thread of Islamist radicalism? Who tried to stop bin Laden and why did they fail? Comprehensively and for the first time, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll recounts the history of the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and sowed the seeds of the September 11 attacks. Based on scrupulous research and firsthand accounts by key government, intelligence, and military personnel both foreign and American, Ghost Wars
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Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) The Good Spy
Book SynopsisThe Good Spy is Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird’s compelling portrait of the remarkable life and death of one of the most important operatives in CIA history – a man who, had he lived, might have helped heal the rift between Arabs and the West. On April 18, 1983, a bomb exploded outside the American Embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people. The attack was a geopolitical turning point. It marked the beginning of Hezbollah as a political force, but even more important, it eliminated America’s most influential and effective intelligence officer in the Middle East – CIA operative Robert Ames. What set Ames apart from his peers was his extraordinary ability to form deep, meaningful connections with key Arab intelligence figures. Some operatives relied on threats and subterfuge, but Ames worked by building friendships and emphasizing shared values – never more notably than with Yasir Arafat’s charismatic intelligence chief and heir apparent Ali Hassan Salameh (aka “The Red Prince”). Ames’ deepening relationship with Salameh held the potential for a lasting peace. Within a few years, though, both men were killed by assassins, and America’s relations with the Arab world began heading down a path that culminated in 9/11, the War on Terror, and the current fog of mistrust. Bird, who as a child lived in the Beirut Embassy and knew Ames as a neighbor when he was twelve years old, spent years researching The Good Spy. Not only does the book draw on hours of interviews with Ames’ widow, and quotes from hundreds of Ames’ private letters, it’s woven from interviews with scores of current and former American, Israeli, and Palestinian intelligence officers as well as other players in the Middle East “Great Game.” What emerges is a masterpiece-level narrative of the making of a CIA officer, a uniquely insightful history of twentieth-century conflict in the Middle East, and an absorbing hour-by-hour account of the Beirut Embassy bombing. Even more impressive, Bird draws on his reporter’s skills to deliver a full dossier on the bombers and expose the shocking truth of where the attack’s mastermind resides today.
£14.99
Cambridge University Press Sharpening Strategic Intelligence
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Harvard University Press The Hacker and the State
Book SynopsisThe threat of cyberwar can feel very Hollywood: nuclear codes hacked, power plants melting down, cities burning. In reality, state-sponsored hacking is covert, insidious, and constant. It is also much harder to prevent. Ben Buchanan reveals the cyberwar that’s already here, reshaping the global contest for geopolitical advantage.Trade ReviewThe Hacker and the State is one of the finest books on information security published so far in this century—easily accessible, tightly argued, superbly well-sourced, intimidatingly perceptive. -- Thomas Rid, author of Active MeasuresThis is a great book and the best examination I have read of how increasingly dramatic developments in cyberspace are defining the ‘new normal’ of geopolitics in the digital age. No book I've read does a better job of describing what has transpired in recent years as state and non-state actors have developed ever more diabolically powerful and clever cyber capabilities. Ben Buchanan makes it clear that the future lies not just in Asia, but also in cyberspace, and he captures the dynamics of all of this truly brilliantly. -- General David Petraeus, former Director of the CIA and Commander of Coalition Forces in Iraq and AfghanistanA helpful reminder…of the sheer diligence and seriousness of purpose exhibited by the Russians in their mission…Information warfare is designed to bamboozle, but its digital variant can be especially baffling to the nonspecialist. -- Jonathan Freedland * New York Review of Books *A substantial and measured history of cyberattacks in recent decades…Despite the growing ubiquity of cyberattacks, Buchanan also highlights their limits as a means of coercion or as a way of sending a message. -- Lawrence D. Freedman * Foreign Affairs *Demonstrates how this field has evolved from espionage operations and a field dominated by the United States to cyber-attacks that have broader implications for economies and societies…An excellent primer for understanding how cyber operations have become an indelible part of global relations and ably demonstrates how hacking has ‘earned its place in the playbook of statecraft.’ -- Angus Parker * Geographical *With an academic’s eye, Buchanan compares and contrasts the emerging tactics [of digital competition] with the traditional ways of military conflict, nuclear competition, and espionage to make some sense of the new age. The book dissects how governments use cyberattacks to fundamentally ‘change the state of play.’ -- Patrick Howell O'Neill * MIT Technology Review *Probes deep into cyber security, the truths and myths about cyber security, and how society, corporations, and individuals pay particularly close attention to it in today’s everchanging world…Allows the reader to understand the real geopolitical competition of the digital age as it applies to business and government agencies. -- Kevin Cassidy * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *If you believe that cyber attacks are now critical to understand today’s International Relations, stop doing everything you are doing and start reading Ben Buchanan’s new book…Makes clear how we need to pay attention to the distinctiveness of cyber attacks and the strategic logics behind them…An incredibly informed examination of the cyber attacks that have taken place in recent decades. -- Antonio Calcara * E-International Relations *Buchanan is well-placed to detail the history and evolution of this new and oft-misunderstood form of warfare…This book argues that states must learn to read the signaling implied by a cyber-attack, in the same way that they would a military exercise along their border. -- Lewis Tallon * Encyclopedia Geopolitica *Provides a reliable summary and deep analysis of a novel force bound to shape world affairs. -- Walter Clemens * New York Journal of Books *This is a must-read book. Factual and perceptive, it reveals important truths about cyberthreats and the role they play in international relations. -- Vint Cerf, Internet pioneerThis is a gripping book about today’s cyber threat landscape. Through riveting stories of move and counter-move among global adversaries, Buchanan explains why we are in a constant state of cyber conflict—where the stakes couldn’t be higher. From China’s attacks on our companies to Russia’s attacks on our elections, The Hacker and the State is indispensable reading for anyone who cares about our security, our prosperity, and our democracy. -- Lisa Monaco, former White House Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor and Deputy National Security AdvisorMore than any other book, The Hacker and the State shows how and why governments hack one another. Having lived and worked in this shadowy world for many years, I came to appreciate its fascinating nuances, fierce competition, and strategic significance. If you read this book, you will, too. Buchanan shares digital spy stories and distills geopolitical insights that you just won’t find anywhere else. Remarkably, he has made his detailed insight accessible to a non-technical audience without any loss of fidelity in the underlying narrative. -- Former senior intelligence officer, UK governmentThe Hacker and the State fundamentally changes the way we think about cyber operations from ‘war’ to something of significant import that is not war—what Buchanan refers to as ‘real geopolitical competition.’ He writes in a highly accessible manner, with in-depth stories that will engage the non-specialist. -- Richard Harknett, former Scholar-in-Residence at United States Cyber CommandA great read, packed with insider information and great stories. But the book also makes an important argument about how cyberattacks are transforming the geopolitical playing field, changing our defense priorities and forcing us to rewrite our national security policies. -- Bruce Schneier, author of Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected WorldHighly intelligent, important, and timely. Buchanan’s chronology of cases, from early espionage to devastating operations like NotPetya, makes for a great read. -- Joseph Nye, author of Do Morals Matter?
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St. Martin's Griffin Left of Boom
Book SynopsisLeft of Boom is the explosive New York Times bestselling memoir by a young CIA operative on the front lines in Afghanistan.On September 11, 2001, Douglas Laux was a freshman in college, on the path to becoming a doctor. But with the fall of the Twin Towers came a turning point in his life. After graduating he joined the Central Intelligence Agency, determined to get himself to Afghanistan and into the center of the action. Through persistence and hard work he was fast-tracked to a clandestine operations position overseas. Dropped into a remote region of Afghanistan, he received his baptism by fire. Frustrated by bureaucratic red tape, a widespread lack of knowledge of the local customs and culture and an attitude of complacency that hindered his ability to combat the local Taliban, Doug confounded his peers by dressing like a native and mastering the local dialect, making contact and building sources within several deadly terrorist networks. His new appr
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Amberley Publishing Operation Lena and Hitlers Plots to Blow Up
Book SynopsisThe wartime story of how the Nazi Germany's sent saboteurs from 1938 onwards to launch acts of terror on the street of England and amazingly employed collaborators from the IRA, and attempted to use Scottish and Welsh nationalists.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Intelligence Community Programs: Management,
Book SynopsisThis book is a compilation of CRS reports on the intelligence community. Congresss and the American publics ability to oversee and understand how intelligence dollars are spent is limited by the secrecy that surrounds the intelligence budget process. Chapter 1 is designed to shed light on the IC budgetin terms of its programs, management, and enduring issuesusing unclassified materials available in the public domain. Chapter 2 focuses on cross-cutting management issues that affect the Intelligence Communitys (ICs) ability to counter pervasive and emerging threats to the United States and balance resources both appropriately and wisely. The next chapter reports on the use of contractors within the intelligence community. Chapter 4 provides the names and appointment provisions for selected Intelligence Community (IC) senior officials. Chapter 5 summarizes dates and directives for the establishment of each of the 17 IC component organisations. IC Directive 116, Intelligence Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Evaluation System provides guidance for the IPPBE process. The IPPBE process applies to all 17 IC components as discussed in chapter 6. Chapter 7 differentiates clandestine from covert, using clandestine to signify the tactical concealment of the activity and covert operations as planned and executed to conceal the identity of or permit plausible denial by the sponsor. The next chapter builds on the notification requirements and the different authorities of the U. S. Code need for covert action and clandestine activities. Chapter 9 posits a potential framework for congressional oversight of intelligence-related programs and activities using the existing committee structure and notification standards for the most sensitive intelligence activities: covert action and clandestine intelligence collection. Total intelligence spending is usually understood as the combination of the National Intelligence Program (NIP), which supports strategic planning and policymaking, and the Military Intelligence Program (MIP), which supports military operational and tactical levels of planning and operations as reported in chapter 10. Chapter 11 examines intelligence funding over the past several decades, with an emphasis on the period from 2007-2016.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Cia: Current Issues & Background
Book SynopsisLong the focus of popular interest, as witnessed by the plethora of spy-thriller movies and books, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an enigma to most people. With its primary focus the gathering of international intelligence information and the safeguarding of US national security, the CIA has taken on considerable importance in recent months. The agency has had to face down numerous questions in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, such as whether any clues of the crimes were missed and if regulations hindered co-operation with other national agencies like the FBI. Congress and the White House have been considering ways to change and streamline the CIA''s operations amidst a series of hearings and debates. Along with the issue of 9/11, the CIA faces periodic criticism for its ambiguous covert actions in foreign incidents. Despite these issues, the CIA remains an important tool in America''s security apparatus, indispensable to the intelligence infrastructure. Although secrecy is a necessity for an organisation predicated on covert operations and national security, it remains important for the public to have some understanding of the organisation''s history, mission, and practices. In order to shed some light on the CIA, this book provides a thorough and well-prepared overview of America''s premier spy agency. Topics addressed include CIA history, organisation, practices, and specific operations. Following this analysis is a carefully selected bibliography of current literature dedicated to the study of the CIA. Further access is finally provided with author, title, and subject indexes. Given the public fascination with the CIA, and especially the recent events and international climate, understanding intelligence operations has never been more important and the resource of this book never more needed.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc FBI Intelligence Reform
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Insider Espionage: U.S. Vulnerability Trends &
Book SynopsisThis book explores ten technological, social, and economic trends in the United States and globally that are serving to increase opportunity and motivation for espionage. Findings suggest that American "insiders" have an unprecedented level of access to classified and proprietary information due to technological advances in information storage and retrieval. American employees have greater opportunity to establish contact with foreign entities and to transfer information to them through travelling internationally more often and by participating in international research and business ventures more frequently. Internet use is expanding globally and computer-users are becoming more culturally and linguistically diverse. The Internet can now be used to transmit massive amounts of digitised information to multiple foreign parties simultaneously. Finally, the market for U.S. information is expanding. American insiders can sell more types of information to a broader range of foreign buyers than ever before. In addition to these new opportunities for espionage, American employees are more often encountering situations that can provide motivation for this crime. More insiders are experiencing financial problems and gambling addiction, both of which can provide impetus for workplace theft. Loyalty to organisations is diminishing and a greater proportion of American workers are at risk for becoming disgruntled. A growing number of insiders have emotional and financial ties to other countries. Under some circumstances, insiders with loyalties to other peoples may be less inclined to view espionage as morally wrong. It is possible that some insiders with a global orientation to world affairs will view espionage as morally justifiable if they feel that sharing information will benefit the "world community" or prevent armed conflict. This book discusses the United States'' vulnerability and federal statutes on insider espionage.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Espionage by Americans Against the United States:
Book SynopsisEspionage by Americans is the worst outcome of insider trust betrayal. The Defense Personnel Security Research Center (PERSEREC) monitors and analyses espionage by Americans in order to improve understanding of such trust betrayal by a tiny minority of citizens. The focus of this book is on changes and trends in espionage by Americans since 1990, compared with two earlier cold War periods. Findings include, offenders since 1990 are more likely to be naturalised citizens, and to have foreign attachments, connections, and ties, and therefore they are more likely to be motivated to spy from divided loyalties; money has declined as a primary motive for espionage although it is still common, and since 2000 no American is known to have received payment for spying; many recent spies have relied on computers, electronic information retrieval and storage, and the Internet. The most recent cases suggest that global terrorism is influencing the crime of espionage by Americans, and that espionage statutes need revision.
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Oneworld Publications The Grey Men: Pursuing the Stasi into the Present
Book Synopsis‘Fascinating and powerful.’ Sunday Times What do you do with a hundred thousand idle spies? By 1990 the Berlin Wall had fallen and the East German state security service folded. For forty years, they had amassed more than a billion pages in manila files detailing the lives of their citizens. Almost a hundred thousand Stasi employees, many of them experienced officers with access to highly personal information, found themselves unemployed overnight. This is the story of what they did next. Former FBI agent Ralph Hope uses present-day sources and access to Stasi records to track and expose ex-officers working everywhere from the Russian energy sector to the police and even the government department tasked with prosecuting Stasi crimes. He examines why the key players have never been called to account and, in doing so, asks if we have really learned from the past at all. He highlights a man who continued to fight the Stasi for thirty years after the Wall fell, and reveals a truth that many today don’t want spoken. The Grey Men comes as an urgent warning from the past at a time when governments the world over are building an unprecedented network of surveillance over their citizens. Ultimately, this is a book about the present.Trade Review‘A cracking read that will leave you as outraged by Hope's findings as he so clearly was.’ -- Peter Conradi, Sunday Times‘A mesmerising account of the crimes of the Stasi officers through the eyes of their victims that goes far beyond The Lives of Others.’ -- Michael Smith, author of The Anatomy of a Spy'Riveting.' -- The Australian‘Former FBI agent Ralph Hope evokes the trauma of those dark times… [there are] many examples of the [Stasi’s] seamless transitions to respectability, all of which amount to a warning from history.’ * Jewish Chronicle *‘As well as page after page of shocking revelations, The Grey Men holds lessons for a world which possesses more powerful surveillance tools than the Stasi could have dreamed of.’ -- Herald (Glasgow)
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Verso Books Snowden's Box: Trust in the Age of Surveillance
Book SynopsisOne day in the spring of 2013, a box appeared outside a fourth-floor apartment door in Brooklyn, New York. The recipient, who didn't know the sender, only knew she was supposed to bring this box to a friend, who would ferry it to another friend. This was Edward Snowden's box-printouts of documents proving that the US government had built a massive surveillance apparatus and used it to spy on its own people-and the friend on the end of this chain was filmmaker Laura Poitras.Thus the biggest national security leak of the digital era was launched via a remarkably analog network, the US Postal Service. This is just one of the odd, ironic details that emerges from the story of how Jessica Bruder and Dale Maharidge, two experienced journalists but security novices (and the friends who received and ferried the box) got drawn into the Snowden story as behind-the-scenes players. Their initially stumbling, increasingly paranoid, and sometimes comic efforts to help bring Snowden's leaks to light, and ultimately, to understand their significance, unfold in an engrossing narrative that includes emails and diary entries from Poitras. This is an illuminating essay on the status of transparency, privacy, and trust in the age of surveillance.Trade ReviewI've read virtually all of the books about the Snowden leaks, but this one stands apart.A beautifully written, gripping new book. -- Cory Doctorow * Boing Boing *A short, yet fluent and well-researched, work from a duo of US-based investigative journalists...despite the title, 'Snowden's Box' is essentially not about the box as such, but, as the authors themselves, acknowledge, about some of the most powerful analogue technology in the world: human relationships. -- Vitali Vitaliev * Engineering & Technology *The story of Edward Snowden's disclosure of NSA secrets to the press has been told and retold in books, films, and countless articles. Left unreported has been the quiet role of [Jessica Bruder and Dale Maharidge] who literally had Snowden material mailed to them in a cardboard box.[In Snowden's Box], the duo finally tells their story of beginners' encryption, convoluted codewords, and extreme paranoia. -- Sam Biddle * The Intercept *A gonzo story, told with a sense of humour...Bruder and Maharidge tell a good yarn and make a strong case against government surveillance. They argue that everybody should have something to hide. * Morning Star *The simplest human connections are sometimes vitally important for journalists to carry out their work beyond the gaze of the spying agencies. Bruder and Maharige's book is a timely reminder of this fact. * Counterfire *
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Biteback Publishing Red Dusk and the Morrow: Adventures and
Book SynopsisPaul Dukes was sent into Russia in 1918, shortly after the Bolshevik Revolution. His role was to keep the British spy networks in place during the "Red Terror", when the Cheka secret police were killing large numbers of opponents of the communist regime. Dukes operated under a variety of covers, the most daring of which was as a member of the Cheka itself. On his return the British government publicised his role to prove their case against the Bolsheviks, knighting him publicly and awarding him the Victoria Cross.
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Biteback Publishing Odd People: Hunting Spies in the First World War
Book SynopsisFirst World War espionage was a fascinating and dangerous affair, spawning widespread paranoia in its clandestine wake. The hysteria of the age, stoked by those within the British establishment who sought to manipulate popular panic, meant there was no shortage of suspects. Exaggerated claims were rife: some 80,000 Germans were supposedly hidden all over Britain, just waiting for an impending (and imagined) invasion. No one could be trusted - Against this backdrop, as head of Scotland Yard's Criminal Investigation Department, it was Basil Thomson's responsibility to hunt, arrest and interrogate the potential German spies identifi ed by the nascent British intelligence services. Thomson's story is an extraordinary compendium of sleuthing and secrets from a real-life Sherlock Holmes, following the trails of the many specimens he tracked, including the famous dancer, courtesan and spy, Mata Hari. Yet his activities gained him enemies, as did his criticism of British intelligence, his ambition to control MI5 and his efforts to root out left-wing revolutionaries - which would ultimately prove to be the undoing of his career. Odd People is the insightful and wittily observed account of Thomson's incomparably exciting job, offering us a rare glimpse into the dizzying world of spies and the mind of the detective charged with foiling their elaborate plots. The Dialogue Espionage Classics series began in 2010 with the purpose of bringing back classic out-of-print spy stories that should never be forgotten. From the Great War to the Cold War, from the French Resistance to the Cambridge Five, from Special Operations to Bletchley Park, this fascinating spy history series includes some of the best military, espionage and adventure stories ever told.
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Manas Publications Operation Tripple X: An Indian Spy-Run in
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HarperCollins India A Life in the Shadows: A Memoir
Book SynopsisHe is one of India''s most successful spymasters, his name synonymous with the Kashmir issue. His methods of engagement and accommodation with all people and perspectives from India''s most conflicted state are legendary. The author of two bestselling books, Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years (2014) and The Spy Chronicles: R&AW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace (2018), Dulat''s views on India, Pakistan and Kashmir are well known and sought after.
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HarperCollins Publishers The Quest for C
Book SynopsisA fascinating and unique history of the launch of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service through the unusual life of its founder, Mansfield Cumming.Sir Mansfield Cumming, the founder of the British Secret Service and the original C', has until now been a shadowy figure. For this authorised biography, the Secret Intelligence Service has released to Alan Judd, Cumming's voluminous diaries, which have never been seen outside the Service and will be put back into storage in perpetuity when Judd has used them.The result is likely to be the most sensational biography of the season, and the definitive account of how MI5 and MI6 the models for all subsequent secret services all over the world were set up.Cumming signed himself C', was referred to as such in Whitehall and always used green ink, traditions maintained to this day. His life not only makes riveting reading but casts fascinating light on the development of the Secret Service and its influence on the twentieth century.
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HarperCollins Publishers Trusted Mole A Soldiers Journey into Bosnias Heart of Darkness
Book SynopsisThe powerful, disturbing and highly acclaimed account of a British officer in the Parachute Regiment, of part Yugoslav origin, painfully caught up in the savage maelstrom of the Bosnian war.
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HarperCollins Triple Cross How bin Ladens Master Spy Penetrated the CIA the Green Be rets and Why Patrick Fitzgerald Failed to Stop Him
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Mossad
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Devils Chessboard
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc No Mission Is Impossible
Book SynopsisA riveting follow-up to Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal’s account of the most memorable missions of the Mossad, No Mission Is Impossible sheds light on some of the most harrowing, nail-biting operations of the Israeli Special Forces.In No Mission Is Impossible, Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal depict in electrifying detail major battles, raids in enemy territory, and the death- defying commando missions of the Israeli Special Forces. The stories are often of victories, but sometimes also of immense failures, and they run side by side with the accounts of the lives and accomplishments of some of Israel’s most prominent figures. Captivating and eye-opening, No Mission Is Impossible is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how these crucial missions shaped Israel, and the world at large.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Woman Who Smashed Codes
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HarperCollins Writer Sailor Soldier Spy
Trade Review“Important.... Reynolds, a former curator at the CIA Museum, demonstrates that Hemingway was afraid the FBI might uncover a dirty little secret he had hidden for more than 20 years: In 1940 he had agreed to assist the NKVD, the Soviet Union’s foreign intelligence agency.” — Wall Street Journal “Captivating. ... An important addition to the canon of one of America’s foremost writers. Reynolds’s unique biography reads like an espionage thriller.” — The Missourian “Nicholas Reynolds’s fascinating new research in Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy shows that [Hemingway] was in fact working for both the Russians and the Americans.” — New York Review of Books “Reynolds looks among the shadows and finds a Hemingway not seen before.” — London Review of Books “An engrossing read for Hemingway buffs as well as casual readers, Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy adds more fascinating details to a life that remains continually fascinating.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune “Renowned American novelist Ernest Hemingway led a shocking secret life as a Soviet spy, according to claims in a new book. The startling revelations are detailed in Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy by former CIA officer Nicholas Reynolds.“ — Daily Mail (UK) “The riveting, brand-new story of how America’s greatest writer was shaped by his secret adventures as a spy for both U.S. intelligence and the Soviet NKVD: Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy is compelling, vivid, and essential reading for all Hemingway and espionage fans.” — William Doyle, author of PT 109: An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy “A thorough, well researched, and highly readable account of Ernest Hemingway’s engagement with espionage (American and Soviet), Communism, and military adventurism. ... In particular, Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy is the first book to put Hemingway’s dalliance with the Soviet NKVD in the broader context of Hemingway’s life.” — John Earl Haynes, coauthor of Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America “[An] engrossing story of Hemingway’s disillusionment with American politics, his sympathy with communism, and his attraction to adventure and subversion.” — Kirkus Reviews “Drawing on his intelligence background, Reynolds uncovers a trove of documents that point to American novelist Ernest Hemingway’s recruitment in 1940 by the NKVD. ... Reynolds ably researches Hemingway’s World War II adventures. ... Intriguing. ... Recommended.” — Library Journal “[A] thoroughly researched exploration of Hemingway’s military adventurism.” — Publishers Weekly “Nicholas Reynolds ably weaves Vassiliev’s revelation, unavailable to previous biographers, into the tangled fabric of Hemingway’s event-filled life. Hemingway’s readers... will find it fascinating.” — Times Literary Supplement (London) “Colorful, fast-paced. ... [Don’t] miss an opportunity to read this fascinating story.” — The Journal of America’s Military Past “A must read for anyone who is a Hemingway fan.” — American Sailing Journal
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