Powers, Thomas

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Intelligence wars

American secret history from Hitler to al-Qaeda
2002
Delves into the history and culture of American intelligence, drawing from interviews with retired agents to discuss the type of person who joins the CIA, the challenges agents face carrying out what the government asks, and such topics as the Bay of Pigs, defense against terrorism, and Soviet moles.

Heisenberg's war

the secret history of the German bomb
1993
Discusses the German nuclear research program and the Allied response to it.
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