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American spies : espionage against the United States from the Cold War to the present / Michael J. Sulick.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2013]Description: xiii, 370 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1626160082 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781626160088 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Espionage against the United States from the Cold War to the present
Subject(s):
Contents:
Pt. 1. The Cold War: 1950-1970. The KGB rebuilds ; Spies in the enlisted ranks ; Vietnam and the 1960s -- pt. 2. Decade of turmoil: the 1970s ; Espionage and the 1970s. Soviet science and technology espionage ; James Angleton and the spy hunt in the CIA -- pt. 4. The decade of the spy: Soviet spies of the 1980s. Espionage in the 1980s ; Evil spy for the evil empire: John Walker ; The spy in the National Security Agency: Ronald Pelton -- The spy in the CIA: Edward Lee Howard ; The spy in the US Marine Corps: Clayton Lonetree -- pt. 4. The decade of the spy: other spies of the 1980s. The illegal in the CIA: Karl Koecher ; The Army's John Walker: Clyde Conrad ; Spies for East Germany: James Michael Hall and Jeffrey Carney ; The spy for China: Larry Wu-Tai Chin ; The spy for Israel: Jonathan Pollard -- pt. 5. Espionage and the new world order: the 1990s. The end of the Cold War and US counterespionage ; Aldrich Ames and his impact on the CIA ; The spy in the FBI: Robert Hanssen ; The last vestiges of Cold War espionage -- pt. 6. Espionage in the new millennium. New threats, old threats ; Chinese nuclear espionage and the Wen Ho Lee case ; Spies for China ; Spies for Cuba I: Ana Belen Montes ; Spies for Cuba II: Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers ; Espionage and the war on terrorism -- Cyberespionage.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

American Spies presents the stunning histories of more than forty Americans who spied against their country during the past six decades, offering insight into America's vulnerability to espionage along the way. Now available in paperback, with a new preface that brings the conversation up to the present, American Spies is as relevant as ever.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-349) and index.

Pt. 1. The Cold War: 1950-1970. The KGB rebuilds ; Spies in the enlisted ranks ; Vietnam and the 1960s -- pt. 2. Decade of turmoil: the 1970s ; Espionage and the 1970s. Soviet science and technology espionage ; James Angleton and the spy hunt in the CIA -- pt. 4. The decade of the spy: Soviet spies of the 1980s. Espionage in the 1980s ; Evil spy for the evil empire: John Walker ; The spy in the National Security Agency: Ronald Pelton -- The spy in the CIA: Edward Lee Howard ; The spy in the US Marine Corps: Clayton Lonetree -- pt. 4. The decade of the spy: other spies of the 1980s. The illegal in the CIA: Karl Koecher ; The Army's John Walker: Clyde Conrad ; Spies for East Germany: James Michael Hall and Jeffrey Carney ; The spy for China: Larry Wu-Tai Chin ; The spy for Israel: Jonathan Pollard -- pt. 5. Espionage and the new world order: the 1990s. The end of the Cold War and US counterespionage ; Aldrich Ames and his impact on the CIA ; The spy in the FBI: Robert Hanssen ; The last vestiges of Cold War espionage -- pt. 6. Espionage in the new millennium. New threats, old threats ; Chinese nuclear espionage and the Wen Ho Lee case ; Spies for China ; Spies for Cuba I: Ana Belen Montes ; Spies for Cuba II: Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers ; Espionage and the war on terrorism -- Cyberespionage.

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