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Spying in America : espionage from the Revolutionary War to the dawn of the Cold War / Michael J. Sulick.

Van Pelt Library UB271.U5 S85 2012
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sulick, Michael J.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Espionage--United States--Case studies.
Espionage.
Espionage--United States--History.
Spies--United States--Biography.
Spies.
Military intelligence.
History.
Espionage, German.
United States.
Communist countries.
Spies--United States--History.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret service.
Secret service.
Espionage, German--United States--History--20th century.
Spies--Communist countries--History--20th century.
Military intelligence--United States--History.
Genre:
Biographies.
Case studies.
Physical Description:
xiii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2012]
Summary:
Writing in a lively dramatic style for general readers and students, CIA insider Sulick chronicles 30 US cases of American spies as well as foreign spies who operated in America, from the Revolutionary War through the Civil War, espionage during the world wars, the golden age of Soviet espionage in the 1930s and '40s, and the atomic bomb spies of the early Cold War. Sulick was chief of CIA counterintelligence from 2000 to 2004 and director of the National Clandestine Service from 2007 to 2010. The book includes b&w historical photos. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Contents:
Part 1 The Revolutionary War 13
1 Espionage and the Revolutionary War 15
2 The First Spy: Benjamin Church 21
3 The Undetected Spy: Edward Bancroft 29
4 The Treasonous Spy: Benedict Arnold 39
Part 2 The Civil War 61
5 Espionage and the Civil War 63
6 Allan Pinkerton and Union Counterintelligence 71
7 The Chameleon Spy: Timothy Webster 77
8 The Spy in the Union Capital: Rose Greenhow 81
9 The Counterspy as Tyrant: Lafayette Baker 87
10 The Confederacy's Reverend Spy: Thomas Conrad 93
11 Union Espionage 99
Part 3 Espionage During the World Wars, 1914-45 107
12 Espionage before World War 109
13 Prelude to War: Germany's First Spy Network 113
14 US Counterespionage and World War 119
15 Spy Hysteria between the World Wars 123
16 German Espionage in World War II 127
17 The Spy in US Industry: The Norden Bombsight 133
18 The Double Agent: William Sebold 137
19 German Intelligence Failures in World War II 143
20 The Spy in the State Department: Tyler Kent 149
21 Japanese Espionage in World War II 155
Part 4 The Golden Age of Soviet Espionage- The 1930S and 1940S 163
22 The Origins of Cold War Espionage 165
23 America's Counterespionage Weapon: Venona 173
24 The Golden Age Exposed: Igor Gouzenko 181
25 The "Red Spy Queen": Elizabeth Bentley 185
26 Spy versus Spy: Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss 193
27 The Spy in the Treasury: Harry Dexter White 201
28 The Spy in the White House: Lauchlin Currie 207
29 The Spy in US Counterespionage: Judith Coplon 211
Part 5 The Atomic Bomb Spies: Prelude to the Cold War 219
30 The Atomic Bomb Spies 221
31 The Executed Spies: The Rosenbergs 227
32 The Atomic Bomb Spy Who Got Away: Theodore Hall 243
33 The Spy from the Cornfields: George Koval 253.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-302) and index.
ISBN:
9781589019263
1589019261
OCLC:
769141597

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