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Online-Ressource (654 p)
ISBN:
9781476662510
Content:
Spying in the United States began during the Revolutionary War, with George Washington as the first director of American intelligence and Benedict Arnold as the first turncoat. The history of American espionage is full of intrigue, failures and triumphs--and motives honorable and corrupt. Several notorious spies became household names--Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen, the Walkers, the Rosenbergs--and were the subjects of major motion pictures and television series. Many others have received less attention. This book summarizes hundreds of cases of espionage for and against U.S. interests and offe
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Chronology; 1980s; Appendix A: Alleged American Spies; Appendix B: Alleged Foreign Spies; A Guide to the Literature of Counterintelligence: from Pickle the Spy to the Conficker Worm; by Hayden B. Peake; Further Reading; List of Names and Terms
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781476622408
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781476662510
Additional Edition:
Print version The Counterintelligence Chronology : Spying by and Against the United States from the 1700s through 2014
Language:
English
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