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The main enemy: the inside story of the CIA's final showdown with the KGB
Par Milt Bearden, Milton Bearden, James Risen. 2003
CIA insider and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist chronicle the major espionage engagements of the CIA and KGB from 1985 to the…
collapse of the Soviet Union. Drawing on interviews with both Russian and U.S. agents, Bearden and Risen reveal clandestine operations from the perspective of the spies who carried them out. Strong language. 2003A pretext for war: 9/11, Iraq, and the abuse of America's intelligence agencies
Par James Bamford. 2004
Author of Body of Secrets (DB 52277) examines the September 11, 2001, hijackings using insider interviews. Claims CIA inadequacy in…
the Middle East and blames the Bush administration for insistence on war with Iraq. Posits that the Palestinian cause ignites Arab rage against the United States. 2004Operatives, spies and saboteurs: the unknown story of the men and women of World War II's OSS
Par Patrick K. O'Donnell, Patrick K O'Donnell, Patrick K. O`Donnell. 2004
Military historian and author of Into the Rising Sun (DB 55697) reveals the covert WWII operations of the Office of…
Strategic Services, precursor of the Central Intelligence Agency. Portrays Allied agents and their unorthodox missions, which included demolishing infrastructure, organizing resistance movements, and obtaining intelligence often behind enemy lines. 2004Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Washington Post managing editor Steve Coll describes how the United States became embroiled in the affairs…
of Afghanistan from 1979 to 2001. Chronicles the efforts to control the country by CIA spies, the former Soviet Union, local warlords, and Arab leaders. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2004A look over my shoulder: a life in the Central Intelligence Agency
Par William Hood, Richard Helms. 2003
Posthumous memoir by former director of Central Intelligence (1966-1973) chronicles his thirty years of service, beginning with his 1942 naval…
training. Helms's agency career in the world of covert action, espionage, and Cold War operations includes President Nixon's attempts to involve the CIA in the Watergate cover-up. Foreword by Henry Kissinger. 2003Charlie Wilson's war: the extraordinary story of the largest covert operation in history
Par George Crile. 2003
Sixty Minutes producer relates the CIA's secret war in Afghanistan in the 1980s to prevent a Soviet takeover. Describes the…
efforts of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson and agency operative Gust Avrakotos to arm Islamic fundamentalist guerrillas who ultimately defeat the Russians--and later form the Taliban. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2003Invasion: how America still welcomes terrorists, criminals, and other foreign menaces to our shores
Par Michelle Malkin. 2002
First-generation American and Fox News Channel commentator denounces America's lax immigration policies, blaming the system for the September 11, 2001,…
attacks. Malkin argues that government corruption, corporate special interests, and inconsistent enforcement allow criminals to exploit immigration laws. She demands better tracking procedures and the use of immigrant profiling. Some violence. 2002Spy: the inside story of how the FBI's Robert Hanssen betrayed America
Par David Wise. 2002
Details the life and career of FBI counterintelligence agent Robert Hanssen, who spied for the Russians for more than twenty…
years. Uses interviews with Hanssen's colleagues, family, and psychiatrist to ascertain the motives behind his betrayal. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002Breakdown: how America's intelligence failures led to September 11
Par Bill Gertz. 2002
Investigative reporter for the Washington Times and author of The China Threat (DB 55297) and Betrayal (DB 48196) utilizes government…
documents to analyze the U.S. intelligence community's inability to predict and prevent the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Scrutinizes problems within the FBI, the CIA, and other agencies. 2002The execution of Major Andre
Par John Evangelist Walsh. 2001
Revisionist account dispels the legends about the bravery and sophistication of the British officer who conspired with American general Benedict…
Arnold to take West Point in September 1780. Justifies his execution as a spy on orders from George Washington and exposes the arrogance and ineptness that led to his capture. 2001Roosevelt's secret war: FDR and World War II espionage
Par Joseph E. Persico, Joseph E Persico. 2001
The author of Casey: From the OSS to the CIA (DB 32563) describes the role of President Franklin D. Roosevelt…
before and during World War II in establishing an intelligence agency in the American government. Discusses the work of the OSS and clandestine operations on all fronts that led to the defeat of the Axis. 2001A convenient spy: Wen Ho Lee and the politics of nuclear espionage
Par Dan Stober, Ian Hoffman. 2001
Analyzes the U.S. case against computer scientist Wen Ho Lee, a naturalized Taiwanese, who was accused of espionage while working…
at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Presents the evidence of Lee's misdeeds, the FBI mistakes leading to his acquittal, and the politics that drove the investigation. 2001See no evil: the true story of a ground soldier in the CIA's war on terrorism
Par Robert Baer. 2002
Memoir of a former CIA operative recounting his adventures in the Middle East including an attempt to incite rebellion against…
Saddam Hussein in 1990s Iraq. Discusses the agency's covert operations and excess bureaucracy and examines the roots of terrorism. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2002The spy who stayed out in the cold: the secret life of FBI double agent Robert Hanssen
Par Adrian Havill. 2001
Traces the life and crimes of convicted FBI spy Robert Hanssen. Analyzing his motives and personality, delves into his membership…
in the Catholic organization Opus Dei, his non-sexual relationship with a stripper, and the vast damage his information did to the country. Some strong language. 2001During the McCarthy era Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of stealing atomic secrets for the Soviet Union (USSR) and…
were executed in 1953. A New York Times editor reveals the actions of Ethel's brother and fellow spy in betraying the couple. 2001Unholy wars: Afghanistan, America, and international terrorism
Par John K Cooley, John Cooley. 1999
A veteran journalist's account of the unforeseen consequences of the United States' alliances with radical Islamist movements in the 1980s…
during efforts to contain Soviet expansion. Explains how Muslim guerrillas trained by the CIA to resist the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan reemerged as violent anti-Western factions following the Russian withdrawal. 1999A man called Intrepid: the secret war (Lyons Press Ser.)
Par William Stevenson. 2000
Stevenson, a war correspondent, chronicles the British Security Coordination, an international intelligence operation, and its chief, Bill Stephenson, code named…
"Intrepid." The author describes how Intrepid guarded communications between Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 and directed a network of spies in Nazi-occupied territories. Some violence. Bestseller. 1976In this sequel to The Puzzle Palace (DB 19096), the author pursues his investigation of the National Security Agency--"the largest,…
most secret, and most advanced spy organization on the planet." Bamford analyzes the agency's Vietnam and cold war activities, technological capabilities, and personnel, and argues the need for congressional oversight. Bestseller. 2001Charts the history of ciphers and the ongoing battle between codemakers and codebreakers, which has spurred corresponding technological development. Relates…
tales of political intrigue and historical turning points in which codes played a role. Also discusses the continuing importance of encryption in the digital world. 1999Allen Dulles: master of spies
Par James Srodes. 1999
Biography of "the greatest intelligence officer who ever lived," as he was described by General Eisenhower's chief of G-2. Dulles's…
spying career ran from 1916 until the 1961 Bay of Pigs fiasco. Aiming always to seek out "the intentions and capabilities" of other governments, he became an expert on Nazi Germany