Espionage and secret services

In the mountains and jungles of occupied Burma during World War II, British special forces launched a series of secret operations, assisted by parts of the Burmese population.

Imagine being Japanese, living in Singapore in the nineteen twenties and thirties, suspected by everyone around you of being a spy.

Given the rivalries and suspicions prevailing in the Middle East, it is not surprising that most of these states are very concerned about espionage and infiltration.

Few professions have experienced change to the same extent as has intelligence.

In A Necessary Engagement, the CIA's former point man on Islam makes a vigorous case for a renewal of American public diplomacy in the Muslim world.

This book offers a vast conceptual and theoretical exploration of the ways intelligence analysis must change in order to succeed against today's most dangerous combatants and most complex irregular theatres of conflict.

From the acclaimed author of The Watchers, the untold story of Robert Cecil - the ultimate Tudor spy-master'Alford triumphs in recreating the historical moment.

This combination A-Z encyclopedia and primary document collection provides an authoritative and enlightening overview of U.

»Wir wissen nicht, was im Haftkrankenhaus des Stasi-Untersuchungsgefängnisses inBerlin-Hohenschönhausen wirklich geschah«, resümierte der Vorsitzende Richter am Berliner Landgericht in einem Verfahren gegen Horst Böttger, das im September 2000 seinen Abschluss fand.

Bruce Riedel provides new perspective and insights into Kennedy's forgotten crisis in the most dangerous days of the cold war.

Delve into the secret world of espionageTake a look inside the covert world of espionage - its history, the hi-tech spy gadgets and aspects of spycraft from surveillance to assassination.

**NOW A MAJOR SIX-PART SERIES ON ITVX, STARRING DAMIAN LEWIS AND GUY PEARCE**A SUNDAY TIMES No.

The nearly forgotten story of Soviet dissidentsIt has been nearly three decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union enough time for the role that the courageous dissidents ultimately contributed to the communist system's collapse to have been largely forgotten, especially in the West.

A fresh examination of the life and crimes of the highest-ranking federal official ever tried for treason and espionageAmerican Traitor examines the career of the notorious Gen.

The purpose of The New Era in U.

Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges presents students with a useful anthology of published articles from diverse sources as well as original contributions to the study of intelligence.

"e;The Riddle of the Sands - A Record of Secret Service Recently Achieved"e; is a 1903 novel by British-born Irish writer Erskine Childers (1870-1922).

A fresh examination of the life and crimes of the highest-ranking federal official ever tried for treason and espionageAmerican Traitor examines the career of the notorious Gen.

NOW IN PAPERBACK-with a new preface by the authorAn insider's account of why the CIA is ill-prepared to protect America, and why it must be replaced without delay*"e;A devastating portrait of the agency's culture-with details that only an insider would know.

Treason is the only crime explicitly defined in America's Constitution.

"e;A chilling account of a killer who slipped through the hands of a daft justice system….

Margaret Thatcher branded the leaders of the 1984-85 miners' strike "e;the enemy within.

Stories from the Civil War through WWIIIn The Greatest Spy Stories Ever Told, our editor has pulled together some of the finest writings about spies that capture readers imaginations.

The First Counterspyis the pulse-quickening and traumatic story of spy, counterspy, and an American family unwittingly caught in its web.

Dietmar Peitsch schildert 20 packende Spionagefälle vom 19.

This sweeping history of the development of professional, institutionalized intelligence examines the implications of the fall of the state monopoly on espionage today and beyond.

For most Americans, Cambodia was a sideshow to the war in Vietnam, but by the time of the Vietnam invasion of Democratic Kampuchea in 1978 and the subsequent war, it had finally moved to center stage.

Established in the 1940s, the Five Eyes intelligence network consists of Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States.

Since 9/11, counterterrorism has become a national and international priority.

A riveting introduction to the complex and evolving field of geospatial intelligence.

Describes how Soviet Russia's leading spymasters in Moscow Center obtained information from British and American physicists to make an atomic bomb.

A highly valuable resource for students of intelligence studies, strategy and security, and foreign policy, this volume provides readers with an accessible and comprehensive exploration of U.

Secret Service provides the first comprehensive history of political policing in Canada – from its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century, through two world wars and the Cold War to the more recent 'war on terror.

In September 1918, World War I was nearing its end when Marguerite E.

SPIONAGE, WIDERSTAND, INTERNATIONALE GESCHÄFTE: EINE BIOGRAFIE WIE AUS EINEM AGENTENROMANWilhelm Hamburger (1917–2011) war im Zweiten Weltkrieg Agent der deutschen Abwehr, pro-österreichischer Propagandist für die Briten und nach dem Krieg erfolgreich in internationalen Geschäften tätig.

During the 1920s Herbert O.

A classic about real-life WWII espionage,as conducted by its modern master*A Man Called Intrepid is the classic true story of Sir William Stephenson (codenamed Intrepid) and the spy network he founded that would ultimately stall the Nazi war machine and help winWorld War II.

Over the last decade, the internet and cyber space has had a phenomenal impact on all parts of society, from media and politics to defense and war.

At an auction in Edinburgh in 2010, the sale of an old walking stick belonging to a British officer, Captain Gill, shed new light on one of the mysterious crimes of the Victorian era.

*** The Sunday Times bestseller ***'Vividly imagined and prodigiously researched' Helen Davies, Sunday Times, Books of the Year 'Such a rewarding read' John Preston, Daily Mail, Books of the Year'This odd, secretive man is brought to life', Robbie Millen, The Times, Books of the YearMaxwell Knight was a paradox.

Analyzing Intelligence, now in a revised and extensively updated second edition, assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioner's point of view.

Bruce Riedel provides new perspective and insights into Kennedy's forgotten crisis in the most dangerous days of the cold war.

China's emergence as a great power in the twenty-first century is strongly enabled by cyberspace.

Facing the threats posed by dedicated suicide bombers who have access to modern technology for mass destruction and who intend to cause maximum human suffering and casualties, democratic governments have hard choices to make.

Until the watershed leak of top-secret documents by Edward Snowden to the Guardian UK and the Washington Post, most Americans did not realize the extent to which our government is actively acquiring personal information from telecommunications companies and other corporations.

This book is an in-depth examination of the relations between Ireland and the former East Germany between the end of the Second World War and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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An enthralling insight into the technical side of the secret war behind enemy lines, as SOE and OSS operatives attempted to sabotage the Axis war effort.