Spycraft by Robert Wallace

Spycraft by Robert Wallace

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Presents devices and operations from the history of the CIA. This book - against the backdrop of some of the international events like the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the war on terror - shows the real technical and human story of how the CIA carried out its secret missions.

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Spycraft by Robert Wallace

Secret instructions written in invisible ink. Cigarettes that fire bullets. Covert communications slipped inside dead rats. Subminature cameras hidden in ballpoint pens. If these sound like the stuff of James Bond's gadget-master Q's trade, think again. They are all real-life devices created by the CIA's Office of Technical Services. Now, in the first book ever written about this ultra secretive department, the former director of the OTS gives us an unprecedented look at the devices and operations from the history of the CIA - including many deemed 'inappropriate for public disclosure' by the CIA just two years ago."Spycraft" tells amazing life and death stories about this little-known group, much of which has never before been revealed. Against the backdrop of some of the most critical international events of recent years - including the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the war on terror - the authors show the real technical and human story of how the CIA carried out its most secret missions.
Robert Wallace is the former director of the CIA's Office of Technical Services. H Keith Melton is an internationally recognized authority of spy technology, and the author of seven books including Ultimate Spy. Henry Schlesinger is a contributing editor at Popular Science magazine.
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ISBN 13 9780593062043
ISBN 10 0593062043
Title Spycraft
Author Robert Wallace
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published 2009-04-09
Number of pages 576
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.