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KGB: The Inside Story of Its Foreign Operations from Lenin to Gorbachev 6 reviews
Christopher Andrew, Oleg Gordievsky
Harpercollins, 1992
the most repeatedly astonishing book i have read
+ Adds to Our Cumulative Knowledge.
+ Monumental but hardly captivating
yep - i give it 5 stars too the most repeatedly astonishing book i have read methinks - the commies managed to penetrate western security totally only for stalin to totally ignore or misinterpret its meaning due to paranoia about the west the methods, results & ruthlessnes are grim but rivetting ...
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September ... 142 reviews
Steve Coll
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004
Thank you Steve Coll!!!
+ Execellent Book -
+ Fascinating and well-researched history
Very well written and keeps your attention. Very detailed and fact based. The author is as unbiased as they come. I came into this book embarassingly ignorant about international politics, especially the events leading up to September 11, 2001. I feel thankful toward the author for putting ...
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Informing Statecraft 6 reviews
Angelo Codevilla
Free Press, 2002
An impressive and meticulously researched account on intelligence...
+ One of the finest primers on intelligence
+ Six Stars
+ For any intelligence hands, this is the First Book
+ Informing Policy is more important than stealing secrets
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Hitler's Spies: German Military Intelligence in World War II8 reviews
DAVID KAHN
Da Capo Press, 2000
A Milestone
+ Review
+ Interesting book, could have been better
+ German Military Intelligence from A to Z
+ How Hitler lost the battle of the secret services
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The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (Kodansha Globe)88 reviews
Peter Hopkirk
Kodansha International, 1992
Definitely history come alive...
+ A fascinating read... truth is stranger than fiction...
+ The Great Game --- The Nineteenth Century's Cold War
+ The most exciting history book.
+ The BEST of the best!
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Bodyguard of Lies: The Extraordinary True Story Behind D-Day20 reviews
Anthony Cave Brown
The Lyons Press, 2007
Truth, in this case, is more than stranger than fiction
+ Intelligence made the difference
+ The book now reissued - retitled, and is it the same?
+ Incredible, but true
+ The book on intelligence operations during World War II
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Deception: The Invisible War Between the KGB and the CIA1 review
Edward Jay Epstein
Simon & Schuster, 1989
Angleton's Amanuensis
Too bad its out of print! It is difficult to overstate the importance of this book in intelligence scholarship. It is perhaps the only book that gives, essentially from the horse's mouth, James Jesus Angleton's approach to analytical counterintelligence. This approach was driven from CIA when ...
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Shadow Flights: America's Secret Airwar Against the Soviet Union: A Cold War History8 reviews
Curtis Peebles
Presidio Press, 2001
Great book
+ help navigator i'am lost
+ A Great Read
+ A good read
+ An Insightful Look into Cold War Aerial Surveillance
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The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB 63 reviews
Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin
Basic Books, 1999
Very important book!
+ Andrew paints a vivid portrait of Soviet foreign policy
+ The Art of Deception
+ History all over again
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Deception in War3 reviews
Jon Latimer
Overlook Hardcover, 2001
Engaging and lively, this is the best book on the subject
+ Worth reading
+ One of the Best
As an armchair historian I was intrigued when I saw this book on a topic not widely written on or understood in western military thinking. Covering deception from ancient history to the 20th century (and beyond) Latimer examines the theory and practice of deception in war. Dividing the book into ...
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World Was Going Our Way: The KGB and the Battle for the Third World11 reviews
Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin
Basic Books, 2006
History of the KGB
+ Ultimately the failure of communism was its economy.
+ Not much is new here...
+ The KGB Thrived in Democracy's Failure
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Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis (2nd Edition)12 reviews
Graham T. Allison, Philip Zelikow
Longman, 1999
Impressive Scholarship
+ Very Pleased
+ The Great Non-Event
+ Excellent research book
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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage316 reviews
Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew, ...
HarperTorch, 1999
Runs deep
+ Untold story- told.
+ Suspenseful and interesting
+ Super popular for a reason
+ Kinda makes you sad that the Cold War ever ended
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The French Secret Services2 reviews
Douglas Porch
Oxford Paperbacks, 1997
French intelligence: an academic study, not a spy thriller
+ French Intelligence History
Popular memory is replete with images of France's intelligence failures prior to the Second World War, and during its own Vietnam War, as well in the dramatically bungled 1985 French intelligence effort leading to the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, a ship belonging to the environmental group ...
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The Venona Secrets, Exposing Soviet Espionage and America's Traitors27 reviews
Herbert Romerstein, Eric Breindel
Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2001
The Facts Laid Bare
+ Must read for those on the fence about the American Communist movement and who ran and supported it.
+ Shocking Details
+ An Important Book on USSR espionage
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Deep Black6 reviews
William E. Burroughs
Berkley, 1988
Viewing 'Missing' History through the Keyhole
+ Nearly Perfect
+ Superb Reconnaissance Review (Paperback Edition)
+ The Real Truth
+ Entertaining and informative
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Kempei Tai: The Japanese Secret Service Then and Now1 review
Richard Deacon
Tuttle Publishing, 1990
An informative and easily readable history.
"Kempei Tai: The Japanese Secret Service Then and Now" is a straightforward narrative, probably the only of its kind, on the history of JapanŐs modern intelligence activities. Although Richard Deacon is not a historian of Japan, his book is a good supplement for anyone interested in JapanŐs ...
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The Wizards of Langley: Inside The CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology 16 reviews
Jeffrey T. Richelson
Basic Books, 2002
Interpretation at its best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dr. Richelson, who is a senior fellow at the National Security Archives, gives a highly recommendable interpretation of the Directorate of Science and Technology, at the CIA. His book is based mostly on declassified documents, making its stories highly believable and interesting.
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Broken: The Troubled Past and Uncertain Future of the FBI2 reviews
Richard Gid Powers
Free Press, 2004
A controversial, intriguing history
+ If this book doesn't convince you.........
The FBI's original mission was to investigate and prosecute only the most serious crimes against the U.S. - but it was a mission forsaken almost from the beginning, and its abandonment has been accompanied by a history of political pressures, divisiveness, and political intervention from a wide ...
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By Any Means Necessary2 reviews
William E. Burrows, 2002
The Cold War Sometimes Turned Hot
+ Very good book
I recommend this book as a "must read" for anyone interested in Cold War military history and intelligence gathering as well as all former "spooks". Mr. Burrows has written a detailed account of United States Air Force, Navy and CIA airborne electronic and photographic reconnaissance efforts from ...
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