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Espionage's most wanted : the top 10 book of malicious moles, blown covers, and intelligence oddities /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mahl, Tom E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, ©2003.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • By Their Names You Will Not Know Them: Code Names 1
  • By Their Names You Are Not Supposed to Know Them: The Jargon of Espionage 7
  • Ten Tools of the Trade: The Gadgets and Toys of Espionage 14
  • The Elite: The Top Ten Intelligence Agencies 22
  • From Russia with Secret Police: Russian Intelligence Agencies in the Twentieth Century 29
  • American Revolution, American Spies: American Spies of the American Revolution 37
  • American Revolution, English Spies: English Spies in the American Revolution 44
  • Major Martin and Friends--Those Who Never Were: Phony People and Groups Created by Intelligence Agencies 50
  • A Spy's Walk through London: A Tour of London for the Espionage Aficionado 55
  • A Spy's Washington, D.C.: A Tour of Georgetown and Vicinity for the Espionage Aficionado 60
  • Still Classified after All These Years: Selected Secrets Withheld from the Public 66
  • Companies of the Company: Companies Run as Fronts by the CIA 73
  • James and the Giant Peach to Goldfinger: The Spy as Writer 81
  • Noms De Plume and d'Espionage: Spies and the Pen Names They Wrote Under 89
  • The Monster Rally, Dirty Tricks, and Black Propaganda: The Dirty Tricks and Black Propaganda that Make Covert Operations Fun 93
  • Sobriquets: The Nicknames of Espionage 99
  • Swallows and Honeytraps: Women Agents Used against Men 102
  • Ravens or Swans, the Male Swallows: Male Agents Used against Women 111
  • Cover Jobs: The Jobs Spies Appear to Do in Their Public Lives 118
  • The Rich and Famous Worked Here, Too: Prominent People Who Worked in Intelligence 123
  • Favorite Watering Holes--A Tour of Western Europe and the United States: Places Where Spies Have a Drink and Relax 128
  • Bosses (Spymasters): The Memorable Ones Who Ran the Spies 133
  • The Price Is Right: Payoffs and Bribes 142
  • Freedom of the Press for All Those Who Own a Press: Newspapers Owned or Under the Influence of Intelligence Agencies 148
  • Patron of Letters: Books Planted by Intelligence Agencies 158
  • "The Company" and "The Friends" Take to the Air: Radio Stations Run or Controlled by Intelligence Agencies 163
  • From "A Better World," "A World Full of Bliss" to "A Wet Job" and "The Measles": Assassinations 170
  • They Shoot Spies, Don't They?: The East and West Swap Spies 177
  • Great Quips from the Great Game: Great Quotations from the Spy Business 186
  • Creativity at the Bureau: The FBI Uses Its Creative Writing Skills to Disrupt the Left and Right 189
  • The Magnificent Five, Plus Five: Soviet Agents Who Penetrated the British Government 199
  • Loyalty, Loyalty, Wherefore Art Thou Loyalty?: Enemy Officials and Agents Who Helped Britain and the United States 212
  • Ten for the Intelligence Cognoscenti: Ten Little Known Items of Espionage 222
  • Ten for Tube Alloys and the Manhattan Project: Soviet Spies Steal the Secrets of the Atom Bomb 232
  • The Company Goes to the Movies: Movies about Espionage 243
  • The Company as Culture Vulture: The CIA Fights the Soviets in Music, Painting, and Literature 250
  • Encounter et al., the CIA's Stable of Highbrow Culture Magazines 261
  • Ten Selected Books Published by the CIA Front Congress for Cultural Freedom 272
  • It Always Sounds Better in French--Especially If You Don't Know French 276.