The Anatomy Of A Spy

Author : Michael Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781950691173

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The Anatomy of a Spy by Michael Smith Pdf

For fans of both real spy dramas and fictional ones—both Ben Macintyre and John le Carré—the story of why spies spy. Why do people put their lives at risk to collect intelligence? How do intelligence services ensure that the agents they recruit do their bidding and don't betray them? What makes the perfect spy? Drawing on interviews with active and former British, American, Russian, European, and Asian intelligence officers and agents, Michael Smith creates a layered portrait of why spies spy, what motivates them, and what makes them effective. Love, sex, money, patriotism, risk, adventure, revenge, compulsion, doing the right thing— focusing on the motivations, The Anatomy of a Spy presents a wealth of spy stories, some previously unknown and some famous, from the very human angle of the agents themselves. The accounts of actual spying extend from ancient history to the present, and from running agents inside the Islamic State and al-Qaeda to the recent Russian active measures campaigns and operations to influence votes in the UK, European Union, and United States, penetrating as far as Trump Tower if not the White House.

Author : Michael Smith
Publisher : Aurum Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1781316570

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The Anatomy of a Traitor by Michael Smith Pdf

In this compelling investigation, Michael Smith explores the critical moment in a spy’s life: that split-second decision to embrace a double life; to cheat and hide and hurt; to risk disgrace – even death – without any guarantee of being rewarded or even recognised. Through in-depth insider knowledge, Michael Smith also uncovers new and unknown cases, including ISIS, President Trump’s links with Russia and Edward Snowden’s role as a whistleblower to offer compelling psychological portrait of these men and women, homing unerringly on the fault-lines and shady corners of their characters, their weaknesses and their strengths, the lies they tell other people, and the lies they always end up telling themselves.

Author : Bruce Merry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1977-01-01
Category : American fiction
ISBN : 0773503161

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Anatomy of the Spy Thriller by Bruce Merry Pdf

Author : Bruce Merry
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1977-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780773594289

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Anatomy of the Spy Thriller by Bruce Merry Pdf

Author : Marcy Wheeler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015076176802

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Anatomy of Deceit by Marcy Wheeler Pdf

What happens when Washington, D.C. pundits and journalists run in the same social circles as the powerful people they cover? When the President and his administration trade press access for loyalty? You get a complicit, uncritical press greasing the skids to a brutal war, conspiring to out a CIA agent, and muddying the waters of a grand jury investigation. In the fearful aftermath of 9/11, much of America’s pride -- its free press -- became an unquestioning propaganda arm. Marcy Wheeler’s Anatomy of Deceit documents how the media promoted the Bush administration’s justification for war -- that Iraq was on the verge of acquiring weapons of mass destruction -- even though much of it was debunked. And it provides a play-by-play account of how Vice President Dick Cheney’s office first used the media to target a critic, former Ambassador Joe Wilson, and then to avoid criminal charges in the CIA leak case. While the media was beating the drums of war and cozying up to the administration, citizen journalists were digging for the truth. Wheeler's compelling account tells the story, as it needs to be told -- from outside the Beltway's cocktail circuit.

Author : James Bamford
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307425058

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Body of Secrets by James Bamford Pdf

The National Security Agency is the world’s most powerful, most far-reaching espionage. Now with a new afterword describing the security lapses that preceded the attacks of September 11, 2001, Body of Secrets takes us to the inner sanctum of America’s spy world. In the follow-up to his bestselling Puzzle Palace, James Banford reveals the NSA’s hidden role in the most volatile world events of the past, and its desperate scramble to meet the frightening challenges of today and tomorrow. Here is a scrupulously documented account—much of which is based on unprecedented access to previously undisclosed documents—of the agency’s tireless hunt for intelligence on enemies and allies alike. Body of secrets is a riveting analysis of this most clandestine of agencies, a major work of history and investigative journalism. A New York Times Notable Book

Author : Ronald Seth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Espionage
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041659983

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Anatomy of Spying by Ronald Seth Pdf

Author : Ben Macintyre
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781408851722

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A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre Pdf

From bestselling author Ben Macintyre, the true untold story of history's most famous traitor

Author : Tracy Walder,Jessica Anya Blau
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250230997

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The Unexpected Spy by Tracy Walder,Jessica Anya Blau Pdf

A highly entertaining account of a young woman who went straight from her college sorority to the CIA, where she hunted terrorists and WMDs "Reads like the show bible for Homeland only her story is real." —Alison Stewart, WNYC "A thrilling tale...Walder’s fast-paced and intense narrative opens a window into life in two of America’s major intelligence agencies" —Publishers Weekly (starred review) When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she would offer her pink beanbag chair in the Delta Gamma house to a CIA recruiter, or that she’d fly to the Middle East under an alias identity. The Unexpected Spy is the riveting story of Walder's tenure in the CIA and, later, the FBI. In high-security, steel-walled rooms in Virginia, Walder watched al-Qaeda members with drones as President Bush looked over her shoulder and CIA Director George Tenet brought her donuts. She tracked chemical terrorists and searched the world for Weapons of Mass Destruction. She created a chemical terror chart that someone in the White House altered to convey information she did not have or believe, leading to the Iraq invasion. Driven to stop terrorism, Walder debriefed terrorists—men who swore they’d never speak to a woman—until they gave her leads. She followed trails through North Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, shutting down multiple chemical attacks. Then Walder moved to the FBI, where she worked in counterintelligence. In a single year, she helped take down one of the most notorious foreign spies ever caught on American soil. Catching the bad guys wasn’t a problem in the FBI, but rampant sexism was. Walder left the FBI to teach young women, encouraging them to find a place in the FBI, CIA, State Department or the Senate—and thus change the world.

Author : Rebecca Stead
Publisher : Wendy Lamb Books
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375899539

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Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead Pdf

The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of the Newbery Medal winner When You Reach Me: a story about spies, games, and friendship. The first day Georges (the S is silent) moves into a new Brooklyn apartment, he sees a sign taped to a door in the basement: SPY CLUB MEETING—TODAY! That’s how he meets his twelve-year-old neigh­bor Safer. He and Georges quickly become allies—and fellow spies. Their assignment? Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Safer’s requests become more and more demanding, Georges starts to wonder: how far is too far to go for your only friend? “Will touch the hearts of kids and adults alike.” —NPR Winner of the Guardian Prize for Children’s Fiction Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and more!

Author : Michael Pullara
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781501152146

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The Spy Who Was Left Behind by Michael Pullara Pdf

The shocking true story of international intrigue —“a highly detailed, engrossing work” (Kirkus Reviews)—involving the 1993 murder of CIA officer Freddie Woodruff by KGB agents and the extensive cover-up that followed in Washington and in Moscow. “In a post-truth era, we need a lot more fearless writers like Michael Pullara” (Robert Baer, author of See No Evil). On August 8, 1993, a single bullet to the head killed Freddie Woodruff, the Central Intelligence Agency’s station chief in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Within hours, police had a suspect—a vodka-soaked village bumpkin named Anzor Sharmaidze. A tidy explanation quickly followed: It was a tragic accident. US diplomats hailed Georgia’s swift work, and both countries breathed a sigh of relief. Yet the bullet that killed Woodruff was never found and key witnesses have since retracted their testimony, saying they were beaten and forced to identify Sharmaidze. But if he didn’t do it, who did? Those who don’t buy the official explanation think the answer lies in the spy games that played out on Russia’s frontier following the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. Woodruff was an early actor in a dangerous drama. American spies were moving into newborn nations previously dominated by Soviet intelligence. Russia’s security apparatus, resentful and demoralized, was in turmoil, its nominal loyalty to a pro-Western course set by President Boris Yeltsin, shredded by hardline spooks and generals who viewed the Americans as a menace. At the time when Woodruff was stationed there, Georgia was a den of intrigue. It had a big Russian military base and was awash with former and not-so-former Soviet agents. Shortly before Woodruff was shot, veteran CIA officer Aldrich Ames—who would soon be unmasked as a KGB mole—visited him on agency business. In short order, Woodruff would be dead and Ames, in prison for life. Buckle up, because The Spy Who Was Left Behind reveals the full-throttle, little-known thrilling tale.

Author : Giles Whittell
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780385668088

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Bridge of Spies by Giles Whittell Pdf

Who were the three men the Soviet and American superpowers exchanged on Berlin's Glienicke Bridge on February 10, 1962, in the first and most legendary prisoner exhange between East and West? Bridge of Spies vividly traces the journeys of these men, whose fate defines the complex conflicts that characterized the most dangerous years of the Cold War. Bridge of Spies is a true story of three men — a Soviet Spy who was a master of disguise; Gary Powers, an American who was captured when his spy plane was shot down by the Russians; and Frederic Pryor, a young American doctor mistakenly identified as a spy and captured by the Soviets. The men in this three-way political swap had been drawn into the nadir of the Cold War by duty and curiosity, and the same tragicomedy of errors that induced Khrushchev to send missiles to Castro. Two of them — the spy and the pilot — were the original seekers of weapons of mass destruction. The third was an intellectual, in over his head. They were rescued against daunting odds by fate and by their families, and then all but forgotten. Even the U2 spy-plane pilot Powers is remembered now chiefly for the way he was vilified in the U.S. on his return. Yet the fates of those men exemplified the pathological mistrust that fueled the arms race for the next 30 years. This is their story.

Author : David Omand
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780241385203

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How Spies Think by David Omand Pdf

From the former director of GCHQ, learn the methodology used by British intelligence agencies to reach judgements, establish the right level of confidence and act decisively. Full of revealing examples from a storied career, including key briefings with Prime Ministers and strategies used in conflicts from the Cold War to the present, in How Spies Think Professor Sir David Omand arms us with the tools to sort fact from fiction. And shows us how to use real intelligence every day. ***** 'One of the best books ever written about intelligence analysis and its long-term lessons' Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 'An invaluable guide to avoiding self-deception and fake news' Melanie Phillips, The Times WINNER OF THE NEAVE BOOK PRIZE 2022 LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2021

Author : Guillaume Duprat
Publisher : Wild Ways
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Animals
ISBN : 1999802845

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Eye Spy by Guillaume Duprat Pdf

Author : Kenneth C. Bucchi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Drug traffic
ISBN : 1883955289

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Inside Job by Kenneth C. Bucchi Pdf

Undercover corporate investigations are being conducted in alarming numbers. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, there was a sudden void in intelligence and covert operations and US companies began hiring spies to protect their secrets, gain an edge on competition, and keep an eye on their employees. "Inside Job" is the fascinating, harrowing story of investigations into illegal activities and drug dealing.