american espionage

A collection of accounts of espionage activities for and against the United States from George Washington's spy network to cyber espionage of modern times. Describes the work of such spies as Benedict Arnold, Mata Hari, and double agents Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen.

An account of the Soviet spy ring, and master American spy John Walker, who routinely sold American nuclear secrets and codes to the Russians.

Povides an insider's account of espionage maneuvers in Berlin between America's CIA and Russia's KGB from 1945 to the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.

Chronicles the events surrounding the diplomatic and intelligence contest that raged between the North and South in Europe during the American Civil War.

Examines the history, the people, and some of the secret activities of the CIA.

Chronicles the history of American submarine espionage and discusses how submarines were used to tap underwater telephone cables in Russia, how the Navy might have been able to save the men on the USS Scorpion, and how the fight between the CIA and the Navy almost ruined one of the most important American undersea missions.

Jake and Sally Burnes race to Istanbul via the Orient Express to thwart Russian plans of expansion in post World War II Europe.

Tapped by President Franklin Roosevelt to travel to Europe and learn what the Nazis are planning, twenty-two-year-old John F. Kennedy, son of the U.S. ambassador to Britain, joins the president's efforts to stop the flow of German money that is influencing the 1940 U.S. election.

Discusses the history of how the United States has collected intelligence and what kinds of technology are used by intelligence organizations.