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

• Autore: Mickolus Edward F.
• Pubblicazione: Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (654 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.7300202
• Soggetto topico: Intelligence service - United States - History; Espionage - United States - History; Spies - United States - History
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Counterintelligence chronology
• ISBN: 1-4766-2240-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812703503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II