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The spy who tried to stop a war
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Marcia Mitchell |
"Tells the story of a young British secret service officer, Katharine Gun, and her courageous decision to expose an illegal US-UK operation -- a covert plot to influence the UN vote that would have a… |
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The Shadow Factory
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James Bamford |
James Bamford has been the preeminent expert on the National Security Agency since his reporting revealed the agency's existence in the 1980s. Now Bamford describes the transformation of the NSA sinc… |
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A Pretext for War
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James Bamford |
The bestselling author of Body of Secrets and The Puzzle Palace presents his most hard-hitting book to date--a sweeping, authoritative, and fearless account of the failures of America's intelligence … |
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Of knowledge and power
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Robert Kennedy |
"This work examines the many roadblocks the Intelligence Community confronts as it attempts to provide accurate and timely intelligence in support of American foreign policy and national security int… |
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Courting Disaster
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Marc A Thiessen |
White House speechwriter Marc Thiessen was locked in a secure room and given access to the most sensitive intelligence when he was tasked to write President George W. Bush's 2006 speech explaining th… |
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The Mayaguez incident
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Robert J. Mahoney |
"Investigates the four-day international crisis after the 1975 seizure of the SS Mayaguez, which involved both American and Cambodian forces during the Vietnam War. Documents intelligence failures th… |
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Chasing spies
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Athan G. Theoharis |
Publisher's description: The long history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation under J. Edgar Hoover is studded with serious questions about the Bureau's professionalism and accountability. Revelat… |
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Fixing intelligence
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William E. Odom |
"William Odom is the highest-ranking member of the United States Intelligence Community ever to write a book outlining fundamental restructuring of this vast network of agencies, technology, and huma… |
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Operation paperclip
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Annie Jacobsen |
In the chaos following World War II, the U.S. government faced many difficult decisions, including what to do with the Third Reich's scientific minds. These were the brains behind the Nazis' once-ind… |
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Playing to the edge
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Michael V. Hayden |
"An unprecedented high-level master narrative of America's intelligence wars, from the only person ever to helm both the CIA and the NSA, at a time of heinous new threats and momentous change For Gen… |
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Intelligence community legal reference book
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United States. Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Office of General Counsel |
From the Book's Introduction: Expanded and updated of Intelligence Community Legal Reference book. The Intelligence Community draws much of its authority and guidance from the body of law contained… |
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A brotherhood of spies
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Monte Reel |
On May 1, 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union just weeks before a peace summit between the two nations. The CIA concocted a cover story for President Eisenhower to del… |
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Intelligence
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James J. Wirtz,Loch K. Johnson |
"Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies, An Anthology, Fourth Edition, is the most up-to-date reader in intelligence studies. Editors Loch K. Johnson and James J. Wirtz present a diverse, comprehens… |
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Surprise attack
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Larry J. Hancock |
Revealing disconnects in the chain of command, examines the intelligence tools and techniques that have provided warnings of threats to the U.S. over the past sixty years and why they have often fail… |
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The game player
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Miles Copeland |
ix, 294 p. ; 24 cm |
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America at Night
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Larry J. Kolb |
When the Department of Homeland Security suspects that two former CIA operatives are at the center of plot involving money laundering and the funding of Al Qaeda-and when their supposedly comprehensi… |
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The 9/11 Commission report
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National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. |
Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Including the Executive Summary and the complete Notes Section. Nearly three thousand people died in the terrorist … |
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The Pueblo incident
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Mitchell B. Lerner |
"The Pueblo was an aging cargo ship poorly refurbished as a signals intelligence collector for the top secret Operation Clickbeetle. It was sent off with a first-time captain, an inexperienced crew, … |
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Gentleman spy
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Peter Grose |
In this masterly biography, Allen Dulles emerges from the shadows that have concealed him for more than thirty years as one of the most intriguing figures in recent American history. A spymaster, a w… |
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Psychology of Intelligence Analysis
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Richard J., Jr. Heuer |
ix, 216 pages : 21 cm |
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