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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
by Tim Weiner  Publisher Comments For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world...
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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
by Ben Macintyre Publisher Comments “Ben Macintyre’s rollicking, spellbinding Agent Zigzag blends the spy-versus- spy machinations of John le Carré with the high farce of Evelyn Waugh.” —William Grimes, The New York Times A New York Times Notable Book of the...
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
by Steve Coll 
Publisher Comments "The finest historical narrative so far on the origins of al Qaeda" (New York Times Book Review) — now updated to include the 9/11 commission hearings. Looming large in the minds of the American people since the devastation of September 11, 2001...
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
by Tim Weiner Publisher Comments With shocking revelations that made headlines in papers across the country, Pulitzer-Prize-winner Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers here why nearly every CIA Director has left the agency in worse shape than when he found it; and...
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The Terminal Spy: A True Story of Espionage, Betrayal and Murder
by Alan S Cowell Publisher Comments In a page-turning narrative that reads like a thriller, an award-winning journalist exposes the troubling truth behind the world’s first act of nuclear terrorism. On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in London’s Millennium...
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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
by Clifford Stoll Publisher Comments Cliff Stoll was an astronomer turned systems manager at Lawrence Berkeley Lab when a 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorized users on his system. The hacker's code name was "Hunter"-- a mystery invader hiding inside a...
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Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing
by Tim Shorrock Publisher Comments In Spies for Hire, investigative reporter Tim Shorrock lifts the veil off a major story the government doesn't want us to know about -- the massive outsourcing of top secret intelligence activities to private-sector contractors. Running spy networks...
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Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda
by H Keith Melton Publisher Comments From two men who know better than anyone how espionage really works, an unprecedented historyheavily illustrated with neverbefore- seen imagesof the CIA's most secretive operations and the gadgets that made them possible. It is a world where the intrigue...
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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
by Ben Macintyre Publisher Comments Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero. The problem for Chapman, his...
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Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America (Yale Nota Bene)
by John Earl Haynes Publisher Comments Examined here first are the thousands of documents of the super-secret Venona Project--an American intelligence project, made public in 1995, that uncovered an enormous range of Soviet espionage activities against the U.S. during World War II. 18...
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
by Simon Singh
Publisher Comments Codes have decided the fates of empires, countries, and monarchies throughout recorded history. Mary, Queen of Scots was put to death by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, for the high crime of treason after spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham cracked the secret...
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
by George Crile Publisher Comments Charlie Wilson's War was a publishing sensation and a New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times bestseller. In the early 1980s, a Houston socialite turned the attention of maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson to the ragged band of...
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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
by Sherry Sontag Publisher Comments Two investigative reporters and a researcher tell the epic story of American espionage from the early Cold War Years to the Clinton Administration, showing how the Navy and CIA have used submarines to gather intelligence and launch covert operations...
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See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
by Robert Baer Publisher Comments In his explosive New York Times bestseller, top CIA operative Robert Baer paints a chilling picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides startling evidence of how Washington politics sabotaged the CIA’s efforts to root out the world...
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Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War 1941-1945
by Leo Marks Publisher Comments In 1942, with a black-market chicken tucked under his arm by his mother, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went off to fight the war. He was twenty-two. Soon recognized as a cryptographer of genius, he became head...
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Sisterhood of Spies
by Elizabeth Mcintosh Publisher Comments America's first female secret agents were debutantes, Ivy Leaguers, wives of wealthy men, and movie stars. Bravely answering their country's call, they risked their lives in daring missions to help the Allied cause. Told here for the first time, these...
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Most Dangerous Man in the World :Ibrahim
by Gilbert King Publisher Comments This never-before-told story exposes one of the world's most reviled terrorists, Dawood Ibrahim. Several writers, including the late Daniel Pearl, have attempted to write about this mysterious criminal, but they have routinely disappeared. Now, the...
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The International Spy Museum's Handbook of Practical Spying
by Jack Barth Publisher Comments In today's world, information is everything and no one knows how to gather information more effectively than spies. So why not use the information and techniques developed by real spies in your everyday life? The Handbook of Practical Spying shows you...
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Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent
by Larry Berman Publisher Comments Pham Xuan An was a Vietnamese nationalist and member of Ho Chi Minh's army in the 1950s. Knowing that war with the United States was inevitable, the Party sent An to America to study journalism (for his cover) and observe its people and culture. He...
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Comrade J: The Untold Secrets of Russia's Master Spy in America After the End of the Cold War
by Pete Earley Publisher Comments The bestselling author of "Family of Spies" and "The Hot House" offers the account of Comrade J, a Russian spy who had turned out to be a double agent for the CIA, following the collapse of the Soviet Union. He has never revealed his secrets--until now....
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