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Books : Espionage: Spies and SecretsIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $14.95 Price: $8.39 You Save: $6.56 (44%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Format: Bargain Price Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: September 01, 2003 Sales Rank: 2580945 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Failure to foresee and defend against recent terrorist attacks has drawn unprecedented public attention to modern-day global espionage. From the CIA's involvement in the Middle East and various aspects of European, Asian and African politics, to FBI agents releasing highly classified national security information to Russia, this compelling reference source contains over 500 entries covering every aspect of modern-day espionage. It is the ultimate guide for journalists, researchers, and anyone with an interest in this highly topical, controversial and emotive subject. Includes investigation into the CIA's failure to foresee recent terrorist attacks against the US Entries also cover aspects of counter-terrorism, including funding and commercial terrorism Biographies of spies, politicians and diplomats Key historical events and scandals Terminology and equipment explained Average Rating:
 Rating:  - ClarificationIt should be noted that this book was written by Richard Bennett and contains only a FOREWORD written by James Bamford. Otherwise the reference book contains interesting and accurate insights into various terms and events inside/outside the intelligence community. Rating:  - Espionage Richard M. BennettESPIONAGE, An Encyclopedia of Spies & Secrets will become a standard work for those who wish to lift the curtain on the hidden world of the intelligence services. Bennett pulls no punches in his caustic comments and analysis of the events of 9-11 and the failure of Western Intelligence. It makes a hugely refreshing change from the stale old, but politically acceptable analysis pumped out by authors like Nigel West and others. Bennett redraws the battle lines on many historical espionage events ... Read More Rating:  - Ambitious, but erroneousTries to cover a wide area, but makes factual mistakes. For one example, the author has decided to include entries for special operations forces around the world. For the US entry, he asserts that the US Army's special forces are simply "elite infantry" similar to the French Foreign Legion. Entering the SF world is a process in which an NCO does not only change his unit of assignment but also his MOS (job description) to one of several specialties. 18 series MOSs (SF) cover medical, engineering, ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: 
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