Spies, Wiretaps, and Secret Operations: An Encyclopedia of American Espionage [2 Volumes] (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781851098071)

A comprehensive two-volume overview and analysis of all facets of espionage in the American historical experience, focusing on key individuals and technologies.

In two volumes, Spies, Wiretaps, and Secret Operation: An Encyclopedia of American Espionage ranges across history to provide a comprehensive, thoroughly up-to-date introduction to spying in the United States--why it is done, who does it (both for and against the United States), how it is done, and what its ultimate impact has been.

The encyclopedia includes hundreds of entries in chronologically organized sections that cover espionage by and within the United States from colonial times to the 21st century. Entries cover key individuals, technologies, and events in the history of American espionage. Volume two offers overviews of important agencies in the American intelligence community and intelligence organizations in other nations (both allies and adversaries), plus details of spy trade techniques, and a concluding section on the portrayal of espionage in literature and film. The result is a cornerstone resource that moves beyond the Cold War-centric focus of other works on the subject to offer an authoritative contemporary look at American espionage efforts past and present.

Author: Glenn Peter Hastedt
ISBN-10: 1851098070
ISBN-13: 9781851098071
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2010
Pages: 996
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 5.24lbs
Size: 10.20h x 7.30w x 2.70d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/01/2011 pg. 102
Choice 06/01/2011
School Library Journal 06/01/2011 pg. 70
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