Espionage and secret services Books

This book offers a new research agenda for intelligence studies in contemporary times.In contrast to Intelligence Studies (IS), whose aim has largely been to improve the performance of national security services and assist in policy making, this book...

The once-neglected study of counter-insurgency operations has recently emerged as an area of central concern for Western governments and their military organizations. While counter-insurgency represents a hugely challenging form of contemporary warfare,...

This fascinating new collection of essays on Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) explores the 'non-military' aspects of British special operations in the Second World War. It details how SOE was established in the summer of 1940 to 'set Europe...

This is the first volume of Nigel West's acclaimed presentation of these fascinating diaries from the heart of Britain's Second World War intelligence operations.'No intelligence buff can be without this volume and anyone interested in...

"Sayonara, Villarejo" es una obra de no ficción donde se desvelan los pormenores del origen de la causa judicial contra el poderoso comisario de policía, José Manuel Villarejo, contados precisamente por el mayor responsable de su caída.En 2017, con la...

¿Cómo funcionan los servicios de Inteligencia?Diario de un Espía es una obra de no ficción que nos sumerge en el apasionante mundo de la inteligencia desde una perspectiva real y actualizada de un exagente de los servicios de Inteligencia españoles.Se...

This book bequeaths to the Defense Intelligence Agency, and to the Intelligence Community at large, a substantiated vision, with examples, of how analysts can exploit already-available, massive databases to tackle many of the most vexing problems that we...

Released by the Freedom of Information Act. This document is a thorough description of how the CIA recommends interrogating a subject. To get the information that is needed there is nothing withheld short of torture. For example in "Threats and Fears,"...

""Della Istruzione Pubblica In Piemonte Considerazioni E Proposte"" ����� un libro scritto da Giovanni Maria Bertini nel 1857. Il testo fornisce una dettagliata analisi dello stato dell'istruzione pubblica nella regione del Piemonte durante il XIX secolo...

The ability of law enforcement agencies to manage and act upon intelligence is the key to countering terrorism. Likewise, a critical foundation of intelligence-led policing is the proper analysis of all information gained. Terrorism and Organized Hate...

In the wake of the National Security Agency exposé of 2013, scholars and citizens alike have been turning a critical eye toward United States surveillance policies. Technology of Oppression contributes to this ongoing discussion with a systematic...

As the world prepared for war in the 1930s, the United States discovered that it faced the real threat of foreign spies stealing military and industrial secrets-and that it had no established means to combat them. Into that breach stepped J. Edgar Hoover...

A captivating investigation that dives deeply into the terrifying events that occurred during the notorious assaults that took place in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, "From Terror to Resilience: Understanding the True Impact of 26/11" is such an...

The German Tiger was dramatically more powerful than any other tank when deployed in 1942. Why were the Allies taken by surprise? How did the Germans employ Tigers while preserving their secrets? How did the Allies react? Was the Tiger a monstrous...

Coming at the heels of September 11, Operation Iraqi Freedom has focused the limelight on the way in which the United States predicts and manages political change. The failure to find WMD and more important, the continued violence in Iraq instead of the...

An examination of why Russia chose to jeopardize its embryonic partnership with the West in favour of alignment with states like China, Iran and Iraq.

"A judge can alter your life in a New York minute." ~48 HoursGet ready for a wild ride with "ANGELINA, THE POLKA QUEEN!" In this hilarious and action-packed quirky memoir, Angelina, a licensed private investigator and polka musician, finds herself...

The sound and cry of foreign espionage has reverberated in British newspapers for years while the British domestic intelligence agency (MI5) abruptly warned that Chinese intelligence agents were making things worse when they were introduced to...

From the Amazon Best Selling Authors of the Red Storm Series...Have you ever wondered what really goes on in those poorly lit interrogation rooms overseas?Are you prepared to travel down a dark path into a world few know of...and even fewer have ever...

For anyone that has ever wondered what the life of an American deep-cover international spy is like, this book will quench your appetite. Author James A. Everett shares his story of recruitment and training by the CIA, and his eventual untimely dismissal...

Army Intelligence and CIA operator Jack Claiborne is a patriotic Army Intelligence officer, Arabic linguist, Ultimate Fighter and history major who dedicates his life fighting Islamic terror and defending the nation against all enemies, ‘foreign...

This volume brings together interviews with leading scholars to discuss some of the most important issues associated with radicalization, violent extremism and terrorism.The overall aim of these interviews is to move beyond the 'conventional wisdom' over...

Text of both the Church Committee and Hinchey Reports on US Covert Actions in Chile between 1963 and 1973, including the in involvement of the CIA in the coup and the possibility of its participation in the "assassination" of Salvadore Allende

From Dance Hall To White Slavery: The World�������s Greatest Tragedy (1912) is a book written by H.W. Lytle that explores the issue of white slavery in the early 20th century. The book describes how young women were lured into prostitution through...

Le livre ""Le Duc D'Enghien; La Conspiration; Le Marechal Ney (1869)"" de Louis Constant Wairy raconte l'histoire de trois personnages importants de l'histoire de France. Le Duc d'Enghien, membre de la famille royale, a �����t����� captur����� et...

Introduction to Intelligence Studies (3rd edition) provides an overview of the US intelligence community, including its history, organization, and function.

Have you ever been blindsided by someone's power play, leaving you feeling manipulated and powerless?In "Deconstructing Power: Understanding and Defending Against Machiavellian Strategies," you'll learn how to recognize and defend against the...

"Mario, I heard the noises. Branches breaking behind us."I called the commanding officer and said, "It's 5:00 AM." "Radio silence. Wait for my sign." What we didn't know was that enemy was already in the tunnel. They were everywhere. The ultimate price...

This new study considers military space strategy within the context of the land and naval strategies of the past. Explaining why and how strategists note the similarities of space operations to those of the air and naval forces, this book shows why many...

The Killing Game is about a retired Mob hit man forced out of retirement to kidnap and deliver an important government witness but instead comes up with a plan of his own to survive and thwart the nemesis he's working for because that's how you win...The...

This is a nonfiction story covering 2 1/2 years of a CIA Contract Agent in Vietnam. It was the period when the Paris Peace Talks name was changed to the Paris Peace Accord to prevent the American people from learning that the United States had given up...

I lived the life, all the story is true, names have been changed to protect the privacy of others. My life for 20 years of fear and threats, having a 57 mg. pressed to my temple and hearing the hammer click, time after time. Watching my back for signs of...

The number of incidents and crimes carried out by terrorists and criminals, such as physical threats, violent attacks, assassinations, kidnapping and hostage situations are increasing by the minute worldwide. Each incident is a constant and ever...