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

• Autore: Sulick Michael J
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (335 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.120973
• Soggetto topico: Espionage - United States; Espionage - United States - History; Spies - United States; Spies - United States - History; Espionage, German - United States - History - 20th century; Spies - Communist countries - History - 20th century; Military intelligence - United States - History
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Secret service
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. The Revolutionary War -- pt. 2. The Civil War -- pt. 3. Espionage during the World Wars, 1914-45 -- pt. 4. The golden age of Soviet espionage : the 1930s and 1940s -- pt. 5. The atomic bomb spies : prelude to the cold war.
• Sommario/riassunto: Can you keep a secret?. Maybe you can, but the United States government cannot. Since the birth of the country, nations large and small, from Russia and China to Ghana and Ecuador, have stolen the most precious secrets of the United States. Written by Michael Sulick, former director of CIA's clandestine service, Spying in America presents a history of more than thirty espionage cases inside the United States. These cases include Americans who spied against their country, spies from both the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War, and foreign agents who ran operations on American soil. Some
• Titolo autorizzato: Spying in America
• ISBN: 1-58901-927-X; 1-62616-066-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809289103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II