The Counterintelligence chronology : spying by and against the United States from the 1700s through 2014 / Edward Mickolus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mickolus, Edward F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence service--United States--History--Chronology.

Intelligence service.

Espionage--United States--History--Chronology.

Espionage.

Spies--United States--History--Chronology.

Spies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (654 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Spying in the United States began during the Revolutionary War, with George Washington as the first director of American intelligence and Benedict Arnold as the first turncoat. The history of American espionage is full of intrigue, failures and triumphs--and motives honorable and corrupt. Several notorious spies became household names--Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen, the Walkers, the Rosenbergs--and were the subjects of major motion pictures and television series. Many others have received less attention. This book summarizes hundreds of cases of espionage for and against U.S. interests and offe

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Chronology; 1980s; Appendix A: Alleged American Spies; Appendix B: Alleged Foreign Spies; A Guide to the Literature of Counterintelligence: from Pickle the Spy to the Conficker Worm; by Hayden B. Peake; Further Reading; List of Names and Terms

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4766-2240-X

OCLC:

918623351