New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2013. — 430 p. — ISBN: 978-1-62873-543-7 From the dark days of World War II through the Cold War, Sergey A. Kondrashev was a major player in Russia’s notorious KGB espionage apparatus. Rising through its ranks through hard work and keen understanding of how the spy and political games are played, he “handled” American and British defectors,...
Amazon.com (Kindle Unlimited), June 27, 2023. - 227 p. In the final year of the Trump Presidency, the border was within reach of being secure as the daily arrests had dwindled to the lowest numbers in Border Patrol history. Nations south of our border that once violated our nation’s sovereignty and blatantly disrespected our nation, now adhered to our strong President who...
Pan Macmillan, 2018. — 266 p. — ISBN: 978-1-5290-0084-9. In his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry...
New York: Knopf, 2014. — 640 p. — ISBN-13 978-0307959478. From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he’d long left Washington politics behind: After working for six presidents in both...
Simon & Schuster, 2007. — 608 p. — ISBN10: 1416543368, ISBN13: 978-1416543367. A career undercover man who reached the top of his furtive profession (as director of the CIA from late 1991 through early 1993), Gates sheds considerable light in this wide-angle memoir on the ways in which the craft of intelligence influenced government policy during the height of the Cold War....
City Lights Publishers, 2017. — 300 p. — ISBN: 0872867307; ISBN13: 9780872867307. "Mel Goodman has spent the last few decades telling us what's gone wrong with American intelligence and the American military...he is also telling us how to save ourselves."--Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker "Whistleblower at the CIA offers a fascinating glimpse into the secret, behind-the-scenes...
William Morrow, 2000. — 376 p. — ISBN10: 0060957913, ISBN13: 978-0060957919. From the author of Argo comes an unforgettable behind-the-scenes story of espionage in action. In the first ever memoir by a top-level operative to be authorized by the CIA, Antonio J. Mendez reveals the cunning tricks and insights that helped save hundreds from deadly situations. Adept at creating new...
US Naval Institute Press, 2008. — 177 p. — ISBN: 1591145171; ISBN13: 9781591145172. This memoir of a CIA operations officer captures the spirit of the early years of the Agency, a period sometimes described as its -finest hours.- Using the name -St. Martin, - Stuart Methven served in the CIA from the 1950s through the 1970s. The book opens by describing the author's training in...
Potomac Books, 2014. — 408 p. Applicants to the Central Intelligence Agency often asked Edward Mickolus what they might expect in a career there. Mickolus, a former CIA intelligence officer whose duties also included recruiting and public affairs, never had a simple answer. If applicants were considering a life in the National Clandestine Service, the answer was easy. Numerous...
Red Canary Press, 2012. — 262 p. — ISBN10: 0983878129; ISBN13: 978-0983878124. The Widow Spy is the first hand account of a true Cold War spy operation in Moscow, told exclusively by the CIA case offiicer who lived this experience. She was one of the first women to be assigned to Moscow, a very difficult operational environment. Her story begins in Laos during the Vietnam War...
HarperCollins e-books, 2007. — 549 p. George Tenet was the Director of Central Intelligence from 1997 to 2004. He holds a BSFS from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and an MIA from the School of International Affairs at Columbia University. This book describes his years at the CIA and the decisions he taken.
Harper Collins, 2007. — 549 p. — ISBN: 0061147788; ISBN13: 9780061147784. In the whirlwind of accusations and recriminations that emerged in the wake of 9/11 and the Iraq war, one man's vital testimony has been conspicuously absent. Candid and gripping, At the Center of the Storm recounts George Tenet's time at the Central Intelligence Agency, a revealing look at the inner...
Thomas Dunne Books, 2015. — 320 p. — ISBN: 1250065046; ISBN13: 9781250065049. Alan Trabue chose a bizarre, dangerous way to make a living. In A Life of Lies and Spies, Trabue exposes the often perilous world of polygraphing foreign spies in support of CIA espionage programs. He recounts his incredible, true-life globe-trotting adventures, from his induction in the CIA in 1971...
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