Espionage and secret services

Richard M.

In 2013, Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA and its partners had been engaging in warrantless mass surveillance, using the internet and cellphone data, and driven by fear of terrorism under the sign of security .

Over a decade on from the terrorist attacks of 9/11, intelligence continues to be of central importance to the contemporary world.

'Early in my research, a friend with excellent knowledge of the United Auto Workers internal operations told me, "e;Don't give up.

'Early in my research, a friend with excellent knowledge of the United Auto Workers internal operations told me, "e;Don't give up.

March 1968: three miles below the stormy surface of the North Pacific, a Soviet submarine lay silent as a tomb-its crew dead, its payload of nuclear missiles, once directed toward strategic targets in Hawaii, inoperable.

Interrogation, Intelligence and Security examines the origins and effects of a group of interrogation techniques known as the 'five techniques'.

Interrogation, Intelligence and Security examines the origins and effects of a group of interrogation techniques known as the 'five techniques'.

Winner of the the National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction'Spellbinding .

Settle down with the stunning wartime story of a family trying to survive, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The New Mrs CliftonWhen the Nazis invade Denmark, British-born Kay Eberstern is sickened when Bror - her husband of twenty-five years - collaborates with the enemy to save his family home.

We are in an era marked by rapid geopolitical shifts and evolving security challenges, the need for a comprehensive understanding of intelligence failures and strategic surprises has never been more critical.

Winner: D.

Among the last CIA agents airlifted from Saigon in the waning moments of the Vietnam War, Frank Snepp returned to headquarters determined to secure help for the Vietnamese left behind by an Agency eager to cut its losses.

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.

Defiance against Chinese oppression has been a defining characteristic of Tibetan life for more than four decades, symbolized most visibly by the much revered Dalai Lama.

Originally published in 1999, America's Space Sentinels won the American Astronautical Society's prestigious Eugene Emme Astronautical Literature Award and quickly established itself as the definitive book for understanding a crucial component of our national defense capabilities.

Dubbed the Year of Intelligence, 1975 was not a good year for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

March 1968: three miles below the stormy surface of the North Pacific, a Soviet submarine lay silent as a tomb-its crew dead, its payload of nuclear missiles, once directed toward strategic targets in Hawaii, inoperable.

For the period between World War II and the full onset of the Cold War, histories of American intelligence seem to go dark.

The original edition of A Season of Inquiry, first published in 1986, offered the public an insiders account of the workings of the Church investigation and of the nations espionage agencies, including the CIAs covert action against the democratically elected regime of Salvador Allende in Chile.

The world was at war, America precariously poised on the sidelines.

Mexico City was the Casablanca of the Cold War-a hotbed of spies, revolutionaries, and assassins.

A riveting account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America's leading intelligence expertsSpying has never been more ubiquitous-or less understood.

A riveting account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America's leading intelligence expertsSpying has never been more ubiquitous-or less understood.

In the wake of the September 11 attacks, American citizens within the United States constantly worry about security against future terrorist attacks.

Shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, a young Peter Calvocoressi was serving in the Ministry of Economic Warfare, his role largely consisting of reviewing shipping manifests day in day out.

An account of British intelligence since Gorbachev came to power in 1985.

The real story of how Winston Churchill and the British mastered deception to defeat the Nazis - by conning the Kaiser, hoaxing Hitler and using brains to outwit brawn.

The world was at war, America precariously poised on the sidelines.

This taut, true thriller dives into a dark world that touches us all, as seen through the brilliant, breakneck career of an extraordinary hacker—a woman known only as Alien.

Among the last CIA agents airlifted from Saigon in the waning moments of the Vietnam War, Frank Snepp returned to headquarters determined to secure help for the Vietnamese left behind by an Agency eager to cut its losses.

The riveting story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China'A masterpiece' CHRISTOPHER ANDREW, author of The Defence of the Realm: The Authorised History of MI5'The book we have all been waiting for' BRENDAN SIMMS, author of Hitler: A Global Biography'Gripping, authoritative.

This book is new in every aspect and not only because neither the official history nor an unofficial history of the KGB, and its many predecessors and successors, exists in any language.

This book provides an analytic framework for understanding the ''intelligence community'' and assessing its value.

This book emphasizes how much the analysis of terrorism has changed in the past two decades.

Seduced by Secrets reveals the secret technical sources and methods of the Stasi (East German Ministry for State Security).

Examines the causes of intelligence failures in the Cold War, post-9/11, and pre-Iraq War.

This book, first published in 2006, is a review of the major spy cases of the early Cold War.

Gregory Treverton, former US National Intelligence council head, demonstrates how government intelligence must change.

Spying, the worlds second oldest profession, is hardly limited to the traditional great power countries.

Cyber attacks are a real threat to our country.

Eddie Chapman was a womaniser, blackmailer and safecracker.

'A METICULOUS HISTORY THAT READS LIKE A THRILLER' BEN MACINTYRE, TEN BEST BOOKS TO READ ABOUT WORLD WAR II An astounding story of heroism, spycraft, resistance and personal triumph over shocking adversity.

On 7 December 2006, in a Highgate Cemetery drenched with London rain, a Russian was buried within a stone's throw of the grave of Karl Marx.

Award-winning author Simon Winder takes us through the legacy of one of Britain's most influential and enduring cultural figures, James Bond.