Memoirs of General Reinhard Gehlen.
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"This Historical Dictionary of Cold War Intelligence contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on crucial operations spies, defectors, moles, double and triple agents, and the…
According to KGB archives, Pavel Sudoplatov directed the secretive Administration for Special Tasks. This department was responsible for kidnapping, assassination, sabotage, and guerrilla warfare during World War II; it also set up illegal networks in the United States and Weste…
"Based on recently declassified documents, this book provides the first examination of the Truman Administration's decision to employ covert operations in the Cold War ... In this volume, the author looks at three central questions: Why were these types of operations adopted? Wh…
Collecting and analyzing intelligence are essential to national security and an effective foreign policy. The public also looks to its security agencies for protection from terrorism, from serious criminality, and to be safe in using cyberspace. But intelligence activities pose …
"Because of the overarching shadow of 'the state' in all things diplomatic, traditional diplomatic history has neglected the study of any actors in foreign relations other than state diplomats, such as ambassadors. This volume focuses on the question of how and why consuls, miss…
Traces the evolution of covert action and counterintelligence through US history from the end of World War II: the successes and failures; the products and the processes; and the organizations. The book is an examination of the gap between current US practice and ideal capabilit…
Vasili Mitrokhin was a chief archivist for the KGB. Dissilusioned by the Soviet Union, he wrote all the information on scraps of paper and smuggled them out. This book is the result of his work.
Introduction: "a nation's political health": le Carré and Cold-War Britain -- Alarm call: the communist threat and call for the dead -- "Breeze blocks and barbed wire": the Berlin Wall and The spy who came in from the cold -- "Looking at his own reflection": the establishment an…
"From two men who know how espionage really works, an unprecedented history--heavily illustrated with never-before-seen images--of the CIA's most secretive operations and the gadgets that made them possible. What is an invisible photo used for? What does it take to build a quiet…
"From two men who know how espionage really works, an unprecedented history--heavily illustrated with never-before-seen images--of the CIA's most secretive operations and the gadgets that made them possible. What is an invisible photo used for? What does it take to build a quiet…