Tag: Espionage

Free Download David Oliver, "Airborne Espionage: International Special Duties Operations in the World Wars"
English | ISBN: 0750938706 | 2005 | 250 pages | MOBI | 441 KB
At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the transport of ‘spies’ across enemy lines by aircraft was not regarded as a priority. In fact, there was no formal organisation for these flights and no communications network between the air forces and their agents – apart from homing pigeons and the occasional telephone call. The situation had not improved to any great extent by the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. Although dedicated air units had been established to fly the spies – or ‘agents’ as they were then known – their aircraft were hand-me-downs and their aircrews considered the ‘Special Duties’ (SD) role as a poor third to the more glamorous worlds of fighter and bomber operations. However, the tasks undertaken by these men and their aircraft were often more hazardous and demanding than any other type of wartime flying. The Second World War saw the rapid development of infrastructures by the Allies to support their SD operations, mirrored in other combatant nations’ activities. Operating in all weathers, invariably at night, often at low level and usually without fighter escort, the SD squadrons and units paid a heavy price in aircrew killed and missing. By their very nature, these operations went unreported in wartime and for some considerable time thereafter. The exploits of British and Commonwealth, American, Free European, Soviet, German, Italian and Japanese airmen and units are recorded in this compelling narrative account.

Free Download Douglas Valentine, "The Strength of the Pack: The Personalities, Politics, and Espionage Intrigues that Shaped the DEA"
English | ISBN: 1625361475 | 2019 | 588 pages | EPUB | 1067 KB
The Strength of the Pack documents previously unknown aspects of the history of federal drug law enforcement, from the formation of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs in 1968 through the early years of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Picking up where The Strength of the Wolf left off, the book shows how successive administrations expanded federal drug law enforcement operations under the pervasive but hidden influence of the CIA. The "wolf pack" is a metaphor for the multitude of agencies and their offshoots that comprise the labyrinth system currently waging the eternal war on drugs. Once upon a time, the "lone wolf" federal narcotics agent, last of the noir detectives, hard-boiled and streetwise, stalked his prey: vicious Mafia drug dealers and their international connections. But the rise of the American Superpower and the opium-infused Vietnam War saw the lone wolf replaced by a dehumanized bureaucratic system more suitable to empire: the wolf pack, secretly led by the CIA and designed specifically for using the war on drugs as a covert means of advancing the interests of the U.S. ruling class at home and abroad. Based largely on interviews with former federal narcotics agents and CIA officers, as well as the influential politicians and government bureaucrats they worked with, The Strength of the Pack focuses on the CIA’s steady infiltration and corruption of federal drug law enforcement for the purpose of waging political and psychological warfare against the American public. Many books have focused on the public policy aspects of federal drug law enforcement, but no book to date has plumbed as deeply into the secret policies, or taken as comprehensive a view of them, as this one.

Free Download K. Lee Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, "Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security, Volume 1 (A – E)"
English | 2003 | pages: 447 | ISBN: 0787676861 | PDF | 13,3 mb

Free Download Bob Burton, "Top Secret: The Dictionary of Espionage and Intelligence"
English | ISBN: 0806526505 | 2005 | 189 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Compiled by a man who knows covert action and clandestine warfare from the inside out, Top Secret is a perfect compendium of the secret language spoken by those who fight the silent war.

Free Download John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr, Rich Miller (Narrator), "Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America"
English | ASIN: B0D88B8RTK | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~15:27:00 | 425 MB
Only in 1995 did the United States government officially reveal the existence of the super-secret Venona Project. For nearly fifty years American intelligence agents had been decoding thousands of Soviet messages, uncovering an enormous range of espionage activities carried out against the United States during World War II by its own allies. This extraordinary book is the first to examine the Venona messages.
Venona Project cryptanalysts, linguists, and mathematicians attempted to decode thousands of intercepted Soviet intelligence telegrams. Analysts uncovered information of powerful significance: the first indication of Julius Rosenberg’s espionage efforts; references to the espionage activities of Alger Hiss; proof of Soviet infiltration of the Manhattan Project; evidence that spies had reached the highest levels of the U.S. State and Treasury Departments; indications that more than three hundred Americans had assisted in the Soviet theft of American secrets; and confirmation that the Communist party of the United States was consciously and willingly involved in Soviet espionage against America.
Drawing not only on the Venona papers but also on newly opened Russian and U. S. archives, John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr provide the most rigorously documented analysis ever written on Soviet espionage in the early Cold War years.

Free Download Albert Glinsky, "Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage"
English | 2005 | ISBN: 0252072758, 0252025822 | PDF | pages: 243 | 118.8 mb
A creative genius and prolific inventor, Leon Theremin almost single-handedly launched the field of electronic music in 1920. The theremin-the only musical instrument that is played without being touched-created a sensation worldwide and paved the way for the modern synthesizer. But the otherworldly sound that entranced millions was only part of Theremin’s epic life.

Free Download Ian Craig, "The Cyprus Conspiracy: America, Espionage and the Turkish Invasion"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 1860644392, 1860647375 | EPUB | pages: 280 | 1.8 mb
It has been 25 years since Greek colonels staged a coup on Cyprus and Turkey retaliated by seizing a third of the island. Henry Kissinger claimed he could do nothing to resolve the crisis. This work provides evidence that this was not a failure of American foreign policy, but the realization of a long-held Description. O’Malley is foreign editor of the Times Educational Supplement . Craig is political editor of the Manchester Evening News .

Free Download John R. Harris, "Industrial Espionage and Technology Transfer: Britain and France in the 18th Century"
English | 2000 | ISBN: 0754603679, 1138418323 | EPUB | pages: 674 | 3.7 mb
Britain and France were the leading industrial nations in 18th-century Europe. This book examines the rivalry which existed between the two nations and the methods used by France to obtain the skilled manpower and technology which had given Britain the edge – particularly in the new coal-based technologies. Despite the British Act of 1719 which outlawed industrial espionage and technology transfer, France continued to bring key industrial workers from Britain and to acquire British machinery and production methods. Drawing on a mass of unpublished archival material, this book investigates the nature and application of British laws and the involvement of some major British industrialists in these issues, and discusses the extent to which French espionage had any real success. In the process it presents an in-depth understanding of 18th-century economies, and the cultures and bureaucracies which were so important in shaping economic life. Above all, the late John Harris saw the history of industrial espionage as ‘one means of restoring the thoughts and activities of human beings to the centre stage of industrial history’. These are the stories of individuals – Holkers, Trudaines, Wilkinsons, or Milnes – and their impact on the world.

Free Download Jon R. Lindsay – editor, Tai Ming Cheung – editor, Derek S. Reveron – editor, Rebecca Lam (Narrator), "China and Cybersecurity: Espionage, Strategy, and Politics in the Digital Domain"
English | ASIN: B0D388BSSM | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~13:16:00 | 364 MB
Western political discourse on cybersecurity is dominated by news of Chinese military development of cyberwarfare capabilities and cyber exploitation against foreign governments, corporations, and non-governmental organizations. Western accounts, however, tell only one side of the story. Chinese leaders are also concerned with cyber insecurity, and Chinese authors frequently note that China is also a victim of foreign cyber attacks-predominantly from the United States.
China and Cybersecurity: Espionage, Strategy, and Politics in the Digital Domain is a comprehensive analysis of China’s cyberspace threats and policies. The contributors-Chinese specialists in cyber dynamics, experts on China, and experts on the use of information technology between China and the West-address cyberspace threats and policies, emphasizing the vantage points of China and the US on cyber exploitation and the possibilities for more positive coordination with the West. The volume’s multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural approach does not pretend to offer wholesale resolutions. Contributors take different stances on how problems may be analyzed and reduced. The compilation provides empirical and evaluative depth on the deepening dependence on shared global information infrastructure and the growing willingness to exploit it for political or economic gain.

Free Download State of Silence: The Espionage Act and the Rise of America’s Secrecy Regime by Sam Lebovic
English | November 21, 2023 | ISBN: 154162016X | True EPUB | 464 pages | 18.6 MB
An "essential guide" (Beverly Gage, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of G-Man) to how the Espionage Act gave rise to a vast American security state that keeps citizens in the dark