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East German foreign intelligence Kristie Macrakis · 2009 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "We have assembled an international group of scholars to examine East German foreign intelligence as a historical problem in the intelligence areas of: politics, scientific-technical and military intelligence and counter-intelligence. Themes and topics that run through the volume include the espionage wars; the relationship to the KGB; the successes and failures of the BND… Shares Espionage, Intelligence service, Political science, Spies

Fixing the Spy Machine Arthur S. Hulnick · 1999 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Espionage, Intelligence service, Political science, True Crime with this book.

US covert operations and Cold War strategy Sarah-Jane Corke · 2007 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "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? Why were they conducted in such as haphazard manner? And, why, once it became clear that they were not working, did the… Shares Espionage, Intelligence service, Political science, True Crime

The ghost Jefferson Morley · 2017 · ★ 4.0 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton was one of the most powerful unelected officials in the United States government in the mid-20th century, a ghost of American power. From World War II to the Cold War, Angleton operated beyond the view of the public, Congress, and even the president. In The Ghost, investigative reporter Jefferson Morley tells Angleton's dramatic story. From the agency's MKULTRA… Shares Espionage, Intelligence service, Political science, True Crime

Hovels to Highrise Anne Power · 1993 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate This takes the historical, political and social changes relating to housing in five European countries, and considers the housing history and traditions which have lead to growing tensions within their most disadvantaged communities. Shares Europe, Political science

Improving Intelligence Analysis Stephen Marrin · 2011 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Espionage, Intelligence service, Political science, True Crime with this book.

Exploring intelligence archives

Exploring intelligence archives R. Gerald Hughes · 2008 · 342p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Espionage, Intelligence service, Political science, True Crime with this book.

Intelligence Theory Mark Phythian · 2008 · 238p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Containing essays by some of the key theorists in the field from the US, UK and Canada, this volume assesses the role and utility of theory in intelligence studies. Shares Espionage, Intelligence service, Political science, True Crime

Spy David Wise · 2002 · ★ 4.5 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Spy tells, for the first time, the full, authoritative story of how FBI agent Robert Hanssen, code name grayday, spied for Russia for twenty-two years in what has been called the "worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history"--and how he was finally caught in an incredible gambit by U.S. intelligence.David Wise, the nation's leading espionage writer, has called on his unique knowledge and… Shares Espionage, Spies, True Crime

Understanding The Intelligence Cycle Mark Phythian · 2013 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Espionage, Intelligence service, Political science, True Crime with this book.

Knowing your friends Martin S. Alexander · 1998 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Espionage, Intelligence service, Political science, True Crime with this book.

A spy named Orphan Roland Philipps · 2018 · ★ 4.0 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "Donald Maclean was one of the most treacherous spies of the Cold War era, a member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring. Yet little is known of this shrewd, secretive man. The full extent of his betrayal has never been documented--until now. Drawing on the recent release of previously classified files, A Spy Named Orphan meticulously documents the extraordinary story of a man leading a… Shares Espionage, Spies, True Crime, History

Outlaws

Outlaws Adam Shand · 2011 Shares True Crime with this book.

Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A mysterious one-eyed stranger, a midnight meeting at a lonely spot on the Scottish border, the secret password "Panama", and a corpse This is the situation Hugh Moneylaws, a young law clerk finds himself facing. Who murdered the man he was sent to meet, and why? With the only two men who knew the purpose of the meeting dead, it would seem a puzzle that would never be solved. Yet to save himself… Shares History

The Awful Secret

The Awful Secret Bernard Knight · 2006 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares History with this book.

The Lady of the Rivers

The Lady of the Rivers Philippa Gregory · 2011 · ★ 4.0 The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house­hold for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's… Shares History

Nice Girl

Nice Girl Rachael Jane Chin · 2011 Shares True Crime with this book.

Western intelligence and the collapse of the Soviet Union, 1980-1990 David Arbel · 2003 · 338p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "When the worst terrorist atrocity in American history occurred on September 11, 2001, the intelligence agencies of the United States and most of the western world were taken by surprise. Ten years earlier, in 1991, those same organizations were surprised when the Soviet Empire collapsed. In both cases the intelligence establishment has invested enormous resources, compiled information, wrote… Shares Espionage, Intelligence service, Political science, True Crime

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