Espionage and secret services Books

The thrilling true story of the daring double agents who thwarted Hitler’s spy machine in Britain and turned the tide of World War II.After the fall of France in the mid-1940s, Adolf Hitler faced a British Empire that refused to negotiate for peace...

With exclusive interviews, a Signal Corps veteran tells the full story of how cryptography helped defeat the Axis powers, at Bletchley Park and beyond.  For years, the story of the World War II codebreakers was kept a crucial state secret. Even...

Containing essays by an array of top international scholars, this new book provides a comprehensive analytical critique of the current state of research in the terrorism and counterterrorism studies field, what it has substantively achieved over the...

It was a brisk April morning in 1990 when a woman walking her dog stopped cold in her tracks. She reeled back from something strange and disturbing blocking the drainage tile: a human skull. Forensic examination showed that it was the remains of Joan...

The Wuhan Incident: Bioweapons and the Emerging Global Reset begins with a look at "COVID-19 Ground Zero" in Wuhan China. The book picks up where the lab leak theory leaves off to propose a hypothesis which raises the question: Could this virus be the...

National security is most often thought of in terms of political and military threats to the state-either from other states or geo-strategic alliances. Given such a framework, both the challenges as well as the responses have for long been viewed in...

Hinter dem gegenwärtigen Renommee von Scientology verbirgt sich eine bislang ungeschriebene Geschichte von staatlicher Vertuschung, CIA-Infiltration und einer geheimen, feindlichen Übernahme.In diesem Buch werden Sie eine Einsicht entdecken, die seit 50...

Tracking the Surveillance Monster... Thomas Mathiesen describes how the major databases of Europe have become interlinked and accessible not just to participating countries but diverse organizations and third States; meaning that, largely unchallenged, a...

This book has been many years in the making, as the author explains in his Preface, though he wrote most of the actual text during his year as senior Research Fellow with the Center for Strategic Intelligence Research. The author was for many years Dean...

In this work, Patrick Kelley interprets the intelligence environment ofpolitical, military and information empires. His contribution sheds light onthe cause of enduring intelligence collection defi cits that affl ict the center ofsuch empires, and that...

After college, Martin Sommerville joined the Royal Marines; Great Britain’s premier naval force. During the Falkland Islands War with Argentina, he was a lieutenant, assigned to naval intelligence. When the War was over he returned to England to...

Raul Villamia's childhood in Cuba revolved around baseball and bloodshed. The violence that he witnessed led him to support Castro's revolution, and his brother Mario introduced him to Castro's 26th of July Movement (M267). Minor league baseball...

Pat grew up in a normal middle class life. He wasn't abused, nor was there anything that one would think would drive him in to the lifestyle that he chose. Drugs consumed him. Prison became inevitable. This is his story from day one. Starting with family...

Relive one of the most controversial treason trials in British history with this transcript of the proceedings against Robert Watt. Based on the original court records, this book provides a rare insight into the legal and political landscape of the late...

James Molesworth Hobart lived a life of adventure and intrigue, and John Collard's detailed memoir offers a fascinating glimpse into his tumultuous existence. From his early years as a member of the English aristocracy to his exploits as a soldier and...

The African continent has experienced too many violent conflicts leading to much loss of life, destruction of infrastructure, disruption of productive socio-economic activity, displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, and the diversion of scarce...

The 2014 Referendum on Scottish independence sparked debate on every dimension of modern statehood. Levels of public interest and engagement were unprecedented, as demonstrated by record-breaking voter turnout. Yet aside from Trident, the issue of...

Analysts and analysts alone create intelligence. Although technological marvels assist analysts by cataloging and presenting data, information and evidence in new ways, they do not do analysis. To...

Operation Mural chronicles a brave 1961 Mossad mission, based on the recently declassified minutes. A spellbound and often chilling account of what it took to smuggle 530 Moroccan Jewish children to Israel via a holiday-camp in Switzerland, re-counted by...

In February 2002, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence agreed to conduct a Joint Inquiry into the activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community in connection with the terrorist attacks...

In February 2002, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence agreed to conduct a Joint Inquiry into the activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community in connection with the terrorist attacks...

This illuminating volume provides a comprehensive overview of the workings of the United States intelligence community in the 21st century. Drawing on testimony from a wide range of experts, the book explores the key issues facing the intelligence...

Defiance against Chinese oppression has been a defining characteristic of Tibetan life for more than four decades, symbolized most visibly by the much revered Dalai Lama. But the story of Tibetan resistance weaves a far richer tapestry than anyone might...

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.                             —Sun Tzu, author, The Art of WarThe...

“Our most provocative scholar of American power” reveals the forces behind the assassination of JFK—and their continuing influence over our world (David Talbot, Salon).   On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was gunned...

The second edition of Secret Intelligence: A Reader brings together key essays from the field of intelligence studies, blending classic works on concepts and approaches with more recent essays dealing with current issues and ongoing debates about the...

The remarkable story of Fred Mayer, a German-born Jew who escaped Nazi Germany only to return as an American commando on a secret mission behind enemy lines Growing up in Germany, Freddy Mayer witnessed the Nazis' rise to power. When he was sixteen, his...

A global system of mass, warrantless, government surveillance now imperils privacy and other civil liberties essential to sustaining the free world. This project to unilaterally, totally control information flow is a product of complex, ongoing interplay...

Plongez dans le monde impitoyable de l'espionnage politique avec ce livre bouleversant qui raconte l'histoire d'assassinats et de vols perpétrés dans le cadre de complots politiques. L'auteur, l'Abbé Raynal, nous plonge dans les intrigues secrètes et les...

Un'analisi del ruolo dei servizi segreti nell'ambito del sistema politico e costituzionale italiano. L'autore, esperto del settore, racconta i meccanismi di funzionamento dei servizi segreti, la loro evoluzione storica e i casi più controversi della...

Discover the inner workings of many incredible, ingenious and decisive acts of military cunning in this fascinating insight into the tactics of World War II presents notable successes, as well as the most daring and outrageous plans.  Critical...