Tiger trap : America's secret spy war with China /

Wise, David, 1930-

Tiger trap : America's secret spy war with China / David Wise. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. - 292 p.. [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-278) and index.

A thousand grains of sand -- Parlor Maid -- The recruitment -- Double game -- Destroy after reading -- "Holy shit, Mr. Grove!" -- Riding the tiger : China and the neutron bomb -- The walk-in -- Kindred spirit : Wen Ho Lee -- Sego Palm -- Trouble in paradise -- Ethereal Throne : the spy who never was -- Storm clouds -- The counterspy -- Royal tourist -- Richard Nixon and the Hong Kong hostess -- Anubis -- Endgame -- Eagle Claw -- Red Flower -- The cyberspies -- An afterword.

A history of Chinese espionage in America draws on interviews with key FBI and CIA insiders, focusing on two key cases--double agent Katrina Leung and the scientist known as Tiger Trap, who was suspected of stealing nuclear weapons secrets.

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Espionage, Chinese--History.--United States
Intelligence service--History.--China
Intelligence service--History.--United States

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