Espionage and secret services

Dickie Metcalfe was not your typical secret agent, but he was larger than life in more ways than one.

Space is again in the headlines.

A behind-the-scenes account of American foreign policymaking in the late twentieth centuryTom Hughes, assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research, made an ominous prediction in 1965.

"e;It's hard to imagine any American reading this book and not seeing his country in a new, and deeply troubling, light.

A few years before he died James MacGibbon confessed to his close family that he had spied for the Soviet Union during World War II.

In the eighty years since Pearl Harbor, the United States has developed a professional intelligence community that is far more effective than most people acknowledge--in part because only intelligence failures see the light of day, while successful collection and analysis remain secret for decades.

This work examines the philosophical foundations of information ethics and their potential for application to contemporary problems in U.

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.

The official report that has shaped the international debate about NSA surveillance"e;We cannot discount the risk, in light of the lessons of our own history, that at some point in the future, high-level government officials will decide that this massive database of extraordinarily sensitive private information is there for the plucking.

"e;Any moms who want more ease, confidence, and joy in their lives should definitely read this book!

During World War II, agents of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) infiltrated Japanese-occupied Malaya.

Rendezvous at the Russian Tea Rooms provides the first comprehensive account of what was once hailed by a leading American newspaper as the greatest spy story of World War II.

Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) encompasses the various disciplines of wireless interception, cryptanalysis, communications intelligence, electronic intelligence, direction-finding, and traffic analysis.

This is an unusual book, telling a story which has hitherto remained hidden from history: the surveillance by the British security service MI5 of anti-Nazi refugees who came to Britain fleeing political persecution in Germany and Austria.

In the majestic mountains of North Wales, retired MI5 agent Huw Cecil is reluctantly drawn back into a world of espionage and murder.

Build a strong foundation on the principles and procedures of modern forensic science.

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.

Secrets of the Cold War focuses on a dark period of a silent war and offers a new perspective on the struggle between the superpowers of the world told in the words of those who were there.

Drawing on recently released documents and private papers, this is the first book-length study to examine the intimate relationship between the Attlee government and Britain's intelligence and security services at the start of the Cold War.

In a surprising number of espionage cases sex has played a significant role-often only in the background-possibly as a reason why a particular individual has lived beyond his means and is in desperate need of cash.

The Central Intelligence Agency is essential in the fight to keep America safe from foreign attacks.

A memoir challenging false international narrative about Pakistan, offering insights from four decades of counterintelligence experience.

The book aims to improve our understanding of what it means to create high-quality analytical products by focusing on the concept of relevance for policy-makers.

Can you keep a secret?

Lester Paldy, a distinguished professor, was tapped by the CIA in 1988 to join the Agency for a "e;trial run"e; as they faced a troubling new situation in Russia.

This book offers a comprehensive review and reassessment of the classical sources describing the cryptographic Spartan device known as the scytale.

The product of painstaking research and countless interviews, A High Price offers a nuanced, definitive historical account of Israel's bold but often failed efforts to fight terrorist groups.

"e;This book should be required reading not only for intelligence professionals but also for senior leaders making decisions on force structure so they better appreciate the impact our counterintelligence force can make when properly resourced.

For a soldier, the threat of booby traps had to be at the forefront of their mind, and an ability to find and disarm them was essential.

An essential reference of contemporary Arabic terms for successful business communicationBusiness Arabic: A Comprehensive Vocabulary contains the key terms professionals and learners need for successful business communication.

A dramatisation of Martin Monath's short life (1913-1944) would need little artistic embellishment; his identity shrouded in mystery, and executed by the Gestapo - twice - the historical record reads like a detective novel.

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

The defection of Igor Gouzenko in September 1945, more so than any other single event, alerted the West to the nature and scale of the Soviet espionage offensive being waged by the Kremlin.

All democracies have had to contend with the challenge of tolerating hidden spy services within otherwise relatively transparent governments.

Fought under the cover of elaborate deceptions and ruthless lies, the deadly intelligence operations of World War II produced victories and defeats that were often as important as any reached on the battlefield.

The story of a family in modern China with a history of deceit, betrayal and political intrigue, and the communist party's long shadow over them, from the Cultural Revolution to today.

COINTELPRO.

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.

An eye-opening account of the perils of Americas techno-spy empireEver since the earliest days of the Cold War, American intelligence agencies have launched spies in the sky, implanted spies in the ether, burrowed spies underground, sunk spies in the ocean, and even tried to control spies minds by chemical means.

In a Europe aflame with wars of religion and dynastic conflicts, Elizabeth I came to the throne of a realm encircled by menace.

Today the vast archipelago of Southeast Asia islands known as Indonesia is in the headlines because of political instability, religious tension, and violence in the streets.

This book documents and explains the differences in the ways Americans and Europeans approach the issues of privacy and intelligence gathering.

Drawing on recently released documents and private papers, this is the first book-length study to examine the intimate relationship between the Attlee government and Britain's intelligence and security services at the start of the Cold War.

“A fascinating account” of the secret Virginia facility code-named PO Box 1142, where the US gathered intelligence and interrogated German prisoners (Journal of Counterterrorism & Homeland Security International).

Would the Islamic State ever renounce violence?

Essays that reflect the changing climate of the United States and the world from “perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet” (The New York Times Book Review).

Lively and informative .

The computer was born to spy, and now computers are transforming espionage.

***WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION***'Meticulous and gripping - a thriller that disturbs for revelations about a singular act of murder, and the national security state which we call home' Philippe Sands, author of East West StreetA groundbreaking examination of a terrifying murder and its aftermath by the bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf and The House by the Lake.