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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798086903321

Autore

Mickolus Edward F.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2015

ISBN

1-4766-2240-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (654 p.)

Disciplina

327.7300202

Soggetti

Intelligence service - United States - History

Espionage - United States - History

Spies - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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