Espionage & Secret Services

In the mid-1970s, the CIA and KGB watched Karel Koecher closely-they were both convinced he was working for the enemy. And they were both right. Tr...

For decades now, America's national security state has grown ever bigger, ever more secretive and powerful, and ever more abusive. Only once did so...

During World War II, agents of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) infiltrated Japanese-occupied Malaya. There they worked with Malayan guerrill...

During the Second World War hundreds of Hollywood filmmakers under the command of the legendary director John Ford enlisted in the OSS to produce t...

Combining his expertise as a national security correspondent and research academic, Paul Lashmar reveals how and why the media became more critical...

In the 21st century, more than any other time, US agencies have relied on contractors to conduct core intelligence functions. This book charts the ...

James Lockhart blends Chilean, inter-American and transatlantic national, regional and world-historical trends into a century-long Cold War narrati...

Drawing on extensive interviews and archival research, this biography uncovers the motivations and ideals that informed Smiley's commitment to cove...

The dominant narrative in intelligence studies portrays the evolution of intelligence from Cold War times to the present as one of increasing compl...

The dominant narrative in intelligence studies portrays the evolution of intelligence from Cold War times to the present as one of increasing compl...

The rapid proliferation and growing sophistication of aerospace weapons--rockets, missiles, and drones--have altered the landscape of warfare. The ...

This book questions the conventional wisdom about one of the most controversial episodes in the Cold War, and tells the story of the CIA's backing ...

This book describes and analyzes the history of the Mediterranean Double-Cross System of the Second World War, an intelligence operation run primar...

We have witnessed a digital revolution that affects the dynamics of existing traditional social, economic, political and legal systems. This revolu...

In Policing Show Business, Francis MacDonnell explores the starring role played by J. Edgar Hoover in the development of the Hollywood blacklist in...