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Author
Language
English
Description
Follows New York Police Inspector Tom Tunney, head of the department's Bomb Squad, as he hunts for German conspirators on American soil during World War I during a sabotage campaign that began in 1914 when the German ambassador to the U.S., Johann von Bernstoff, was instructed to develop an intelligence network to keep America out of WWI and prevent the shipment of supplies and war material to the Allies--both by "any means necessary."
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
568 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Revealing disconnects in the chain of command, examines the intelligence tools and techniques that have provided warnings of threats to the U.S. over the past sixty years and why they have often failed to prevent attacks.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Drawing on extensive archival research and personal interviews, this previously untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch, a secret group of scientists who invented deadly items, forged documents and performed truth drug experiments during WWII, explores the moral dilemmas they faced and reveals their dark legacy.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Fullscreen edition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Provides an inside view into the workings of the CIA. Discover a new conspiracy theory between the CIA and the Nazis, as well as the CIA's secret airline, originating in WWII for top missions from Vietnam to China.
Author
Language
English
Description
In the wake of World War II, four agents were critical in helping build a new organization that we now know as the CIA. Adelaide Hawkins, Mary Hutchison, Eloise Page, and Elizabeth Sudmeier, called the "wise gals" by their male colleagues because of their sharp sense of humor and even quicker intelligence, were not the stereotypical femme fatale of spy novels. They were smart, courageous, and groundbreaking agents at the top of their class, instrumental...
Author
Publisher
Center for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 online resource (ix, 129 pages) : illustrations, portraits.
Language
English
Description
"An account of the evolution of a national SIGINT effort following WWII. A discussion of the fragile trends toward unification of the military services after the war and the unsatisfactory experience under the Armed Forces Security Agency"--Resource description page.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In "Dirty Wars, " Jeremy Scahill, author of the "New York Times" best-seller "Blackwater, " takes us inside America's new covert wars. As he reveals, the foot soldiers in these battles operate daily across the globe and inside the United States with orders from the White House to do whatever is necessary to hunt down, capture, or kill individuals designated by the president as enemies of America.
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 446 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Brennan pulls back the curtain on the inner workings of the Central Intelligence Agency. He brings the reader behind the scenes of some of the most crucial moments in recent U.S. history. He also candidly discusses the times he has failed to live up to his own high standards and the very public fallouts that have resulted. -- adapted from jacket
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