Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda - Softcover

Wallace, Robert; Melton, H. Keith; Schlesinger, Henry R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452295475 ISBN 13: 9780452295476

Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Wallace Robert Melton H Keith Schlesinger Henry R

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Críticas

"Reveals more concrete information about CIA tradecraft than any book."--The Washington Times

"This is a story I thought could never be told."--James M. Olson, former chief of CIA counterintelligence

"The first comprehensive look at the technical achievements of American espionage from the 1940s to the present."--Wired

Reseña del editor

In this first book ever written about the CIA's Office of Technical Services, former director Robert Wallace (a real-life Q, straight out of the James Bond films) and internationally renowned intelligence historian H Keith Melton offer an unprecedented look at the CIA's most secretive operations and the devices that made them possible.

Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions - including the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the current War on Terror - the authors show how the CIA carries out its missions employing amazingly inventive tools. Illustrated with images never before seen by the public - and featuring everything from micro cameras to wired kitties to exploding pancakes - Spycraft is both a fantastic encyclopedia of gadgetry and a revealing primer on the fundamentals of high-tech espionage.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0452295475
• ISBN 13: 9780452295476
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 624