american espionage

A history of the Cold War, focusing on the major conflicts of the era, including the wars in Korea and Vietnam, and highlighting significant people and locations in all areas of the hostilities.

A history of the Cold War, focusing on the final years of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union, beginning with the replacement of Nikita Khruschev by Leonid Brezhnev, and highlighting significant people, places, and events on both sides of the hostilities.

Are CIA agents really spies? Find out in this book! Readers will get a short introduction to the CIA, including what it does and a bit of its history. Then readers will learn the job functions of a CIA agent and what it takes to become one.

"An early reader's guide to CIA spies, introducing American espionage history, famous agents such as Aldrich Ames, technology such as spy satellites, and the dangers all spies face"--Provided by publisher.

Describes how information becomes "military intelligence"; covers the difference between strategic intelligence and tactical intelligence; presents historical background beginning with George Washington; and discusses intelligence both inside different branches of the armed forces and outside them.

L. Fletcher Prouty reveals the CIA's brutal methods of maintaining national security during the Cold War, with information on the U-2 crisis of 1960, which was done to sabotage the Eisenhower-Khrushchev talks, the alleged truth about the Kennedy assassinations, and other government conspiracies.

Profiles the men and women who served as operatives, spies, and saboteurs for the United States during World War II.

The untold story of a covert submarine espionage operation against the Soviet Union during the Cold War, as experienced by the commanding officer of an active submarine. Few individuals outside the intelligence and submarine communities then knew anything about these top-secret missions, now known as the U.S. Navy's "silent service." Cloaking itself in virtual invisibility to avoid detection, the USS Blackfin went sub vs. sub, deep within Soviet-controlled waters north of the Arctic Circle, where the risks were extraordinarily high and anything could happen.--From publisher description.

Looks at Edward Snowden who exposed the near-universal mass surveillance programs of the United States government.