Spycraft: the secret history of the CIA's spytechs from communism to Al-Qaeda

"From two men who know how espionage really works, an unprecedented history--heavily illustrated with never-before-seen images--of the CIA's most secretive operations and the gadgets that made them possible. What is an invisible photo used for? What does it take to build a quiet helicopter...

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Hauptverfasser: Wallace, Robert (VerfasserIn), Melton, Harold Keith 1944- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, N.Y. Plume Book June 2009
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Zusammenfassung:"From two men who know how espionage really works, an unprecedented history--heavily illustrated with never-before-seen images--of the CIA's most secretive operations and the gadgets that made them possible. What is an invisible photo used for? What does it take to build a quiet helicopter? How does one embed a listening device in a cat? These may sound like challenges for James Bond's fictional gadget-master Q, but they're all real-life devices created by the CIA's Office of Technical Service. Now, in the first book ever written about this office, the former director of OTS teams up with an internationally renowned intelligence historian to take readers into the laboratory of espionage"--From publisher description.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xxxii, 558, [32] Seiten ungezählte Bildtafeln Illustrationen 22 cm
ISBN:9780525949800
9780452295476