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The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA's Clandestine Service by Henry A. Crumpton Publisher Comments A legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career while illustrating the growing importance of America's intelligence officers and their secret missions For a crucial period, Henry... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover 
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The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization by James Bamford Publisher Comments The book the NSA tried to suppress. In this remarkable tour de force of investigative reporting, James Bamford exposes the inner workings of America's largest, most secretive, and arguably most intrusive intelligence agency. The NSA has long eluded... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Chasing Shadows: A Special Agent's Lifelong Hunt to Bring a Cold War Assassin to Justice by Fred Burton Publisher Comments On a warm Saturday night in July 1973 in Bethesda, Maryland, a gunman stepped out from behind a tree and fired five point-blank shots into Joe Alon, an unassuming Israeli Air Force pilot and family man. Alon's sixteen-year-old neighbor, Fred Burton, was... (read more) Your price: $17.00 New - Trade Paper
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Legacy of Ashes: the History of the Cia (07 Edition) by Tim Weiner Publisher Comments For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner Publisher Comments In the wake of the news that the 9/11 hijackers had lived in Europe, journalist Ian Johnson wondered how such a radical group could sink roots into Western soil. Most accounts reached back twenty years, to U.S. support of Islamist fighters in... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright Publisher Comments National Book Award Finalist A Time, Newsweek, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year A gripping narrative that spans five decades, The Looming Tower explains in unprecedented detail the growth of Islamic... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal by Ben Macintyre Publisher Comments “Ben Macintyres rollicking, spellbinding Agent Zigzag blends the spy-versus- spy machinations of John le Carré with the high farce of Evelyn Waugh.” —William Grimes, The New York Times A New York Times Notable Book of the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll Publisher Comments The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan With the publication of Ghost Wars, Steve Coll became not only a Pulitzer Prize winner, but also the expert on the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of Bin Laden, and the secret... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War 1941-1945 by Leo Marks Publisher Comments In 1942, with a black-market chicken tucked under his arm by his mother, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went off to fight the war. He was twenty-two. Soon recognized as a cryptographer of genius, he became head... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright Publisher Comments A sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist plans and the Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America. Lawrence Wright's remarkable book is based on... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against Al-Qaeda by Ali H Soufan Publisher Comments On September 11, 2001, FBI Special Agent Ali H. Soufan was handed a secret file. Had he received it months earlier--when it was requested--the attacks on New York and Washington could have been prevented. During his time on the front lines, Soufan helped... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do about It by Richard A. Clarke Publisher Comments Richard A. Clarke warned America once before about the havoc terrorism would wreak on our national security—and he was right. Now he warns us of another threat, silent but equally dangerous. Cyber War is a powerful book about technology, government,... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent by Larry Berman Publisher Comments Pham Xuan An was a Vietnamese nationalist and member of Ho Chi Minh's army in the 1950s. Knowing that war with the United States was inevitable, the Party sent An to America to study journalism (for his cover) and observe its people and culture. He... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Company We Keep: A Husband-And-Wife True-Life Spy Story by Robert Baer Publisher Comments Robert Baer was known inside the CIA as perhaps the best operative working the Middle East. Over several decades he served everywhere from Iraq to New Delhi and racked up such an impressive list of accomplishments that he was eventually awarded the... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Treason in the Blood by Anthony Cave Brown Publisher Comments Brown tells the extraordinary stories of Kim Philby, a renowned double agent, and his father and mentor, Harry St. John Bridger Philby, who played a key role in establishing the modern Middle East. In this dual biography, the author includes interviews... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal by Ben Macintyre Publisher Comments A gripping story of loyalty, love, and treachery, this history of Eddie Chapman--the most successful British double agent in World War II--offers a unique glimpse into the psychology of espionage, and the thin line between fidelity and betrayal, courage... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Triple Agent: The Al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA by Joby Warrick Publisher Comments In December 2009, a group of the CIA’s top terrorist hunters gathered at a secret base in Afghanistan to greet a rising superspy: Humam Khalil al-Balawi, a Jordanian who had infiltrated the upper ranks of al-Qaeda. For months, he had sent shocking... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Clever Girl: Elizabeth Bentley, the Spy Who Ushered in the McCarthy Era by Lauren Kessler Publisher Comments Communists vilified her as a raging neurotic. Leftists dismissed her as a confused idealist. Her family pitied her as an exploited lover. Some said she was a traitor, a stooge, a mercenary and a grandstander. To others she was a true American heroine&... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The CIA's Greatest Hits by Mark Zepezauer Synopsis The CIAs Greatest Hits details how the CIA: • hired top Nazi war criminals, shielded them from justice and learned—and used—their techniques • has been involved in assassinations, bombings, massacres, wars, death squads, drug... (read more) Your price: $12.00 New - Trade Paper
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Dangerous Otto Katz by Jonathan Miles Publisher Comments The FBI's file on the Soviet spy Otto Katz (1893-1952) called him "an extremely dangerous man." This label doesn't even begin to tell the story. Katz, a daring and treacherous Soviet spy, seemed perpetually to beat the center of crucial... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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