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Spy Sites of Washington, DC

Author : H. Keith Melton
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1626163820
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Spy Sites of Washington, DC written by H. Keith Melton and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington, DC, stands at the epicenter of world espionage. Mapping this history from the halls of government to tranquil suburban neighborhoods reveals scoresof dead drops, covert meeting places, and secret facilities—a constellation ofclandestine sites unknown to even the most avid history buffs. Until now. Spy Sites of Washington, DC traces more than two centuries of secret history from the Mount Vernon study of spymaster George Washington to the Cleveland Park apartment of the “Queen of Cuba.” In 220 main entries as well as listings for dozens more spy sites, intelligence historians Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton weave incredible true stories of derring-do and double-crosses that put even the best spy fiction to shame. Maps and more than three hundred photos allow readers to follow in the winding footsteps of moles and sleuths, trace the covert operations that influenced wars hot and cold, and understand the tradecraft traitors and spies alike used in the do-or-die chess games that have changed the course of history. Informing and entertaining, Spy Sites of Washington, DC is the comprehensive guidebook to the shadow history of our nation’s capital.

Undercover Washington

Author : Pamela Kessler
Publisher : Capital Books
ISBN 13 : 9781931868976
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book Undercover Washington written by Pamela Kessler and published by Capital Books. This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the life of a spy! Follow some of history's most infamous espionage agents in their travels and exploits in and around our Nation's Capital.

Spy Sites of Philadelphia

Author : H. Keith Melton
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1647120187
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Spy Sites of Philadelphia written by H. Keith Melton and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout its history, Philadelphia has been home to international intrigue and some of America’s most celebrated spies. This illustrated guidebook reveals the places and people of Philadelphia’s hidden history, inviting the reader to explore over 150 spy sites in Philadelphia and its neighboring towns and counties.

Spycraft

Author : Robert Wallace
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780525949800
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book Spycraft written by Robert Wallace and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider's tour of the past half-century's espionage technologies also recounts some of the CIA's most secretive operations and how they have been performed using state-of-the-art spy instruments.

Empire of Mud

Author : J. D. Dickey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493013939
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Empire of Mud written by J. D. Dickey and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington, DC, gleams with stately columns and neoclassical temples, a pulsing hub of political power and prowess. But for decades it was one of the worst excuses for a capital city the world had ever seen. Before America became a world power in the twentieth century, Washington City was an eyesore at best and a disgrace at worst. Unfilled swamps, filthy canals, and rutted horse trails littered its landscape. Political bosses hired hooligans and thugs to conduct the nation's affairs. Legendary madams entertained clients from all stations of society and politicians of every party. The police served and protected with the aid of bribes and protection money. Beneath pestilential air, the city’s muddy roads led to a stumpy, half-finished obelisk to Washington here, a domeless Capitol Building there. Lining the streets stood boarding houses, tanneries, and slums. Deadly horse races gouged dusty streets, and opposing factions of volunteer firefighters battled one another like violent gangs rather than life-saving heroes. The city’s turbulent history set a precedent for the dishonesty, corruption, and mismanagement that have led generations to look suspiciously on the various sin--both real and imagined--of Washington politicians. Empire of Mud unearths and untangles the roots of our capital’s story and explores how the city was tainted from the outset, nearly stifled from becoming the proud citadel of the republic that George Washington and Pierre L'Enfant envisioned more than two centuries ago.

Wicked Georgetown

Author : Canden Schwantes
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625840837
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Wicked Georgetown written by Canden Schwantes and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgetown has long been home to the most affluent and influential residents of the capital--but it has also played host to its fair share of high-end misdeeds and wickedly amusing scandals. Culprits range from Confederate spies to the prankster students who stole the clock hands of Georgetown University's Healy Hall, while crime scenes include murder on the C&O Canal and floating brothels on the Potomac. Navigating her way through Cold War-era intrigues and the true-ish story of an exorcism, author Canden Schwantes guides readers through the tawdry and downright devilish side of Georgetown.

Spies, Bombs, and Beyond

Author : Mark Fitzpatrick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781735993300
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Spies, Bombs, and Beyond written by Mark Fitzpatrick and published by . This book was released on 2020-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Indigenous quarries through superpower competition to conspiracy theories like #pizzagate, Washington DC's Tenleytown has offered a microcosm of the nation's history. Mozart's connection with Masonry and a young Lutheran's flight from Latin school setting him on a path to becoming a Revolutionary War hero figure into the neighborhood that gave a home to both Henry Kissinger and Kermit the Frog. Oliver Wendell Holmes and Charles Dickens wrote about the town long before its streets and corridors were thick with spies. The city's history of racial and gender discrimination is increasingly relevant to 21st Century struggles for equality.Exploring 70 sites, Spies, Bombs, and Beyond walks readers through the neighborhood, connecting the local to the global and the past to the present. Mark Fitzpatrick examines how diplomacy works and how espionage (sometimes) fails by exploring nearby embassies and the residences of ambassadors and traitors. Consider John F. Kennedy's 1963 American University commencement speech presaging the current push for a comprehensive end to nuclear testing - even today, the residue of chemical weapons disposed near the campus stands as a powerful testament to the need to ban such weapons.

Covert Encounters in Washington, D.C.

Author : Robert M. Stanley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781461008460
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Covert Encounters in Washington, D.C. written by Robert M. Stanley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Spy in Moscow Station

Author : Eric Haseltine
Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN 13 : 1250301157
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Spy in Moscow Station written by Eric Haseltine and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling, true story of the race to find a leak in the United States Embassy in Moscow—before more American assets are rounded up and killed. Foreword by Gen. Michael V. Hayden (Retd.), Former Director of NSA & CIA In the late 1970s, the National Security Agency still did not officially exist—those in the know referred to it dryly as the No Such Agency. So why, when NSA engineer Charles Gandy filed for a visa to visit Moscow, did the Russian Foreign Ministry assert with confidence that he was a spy? Outsmarting honey traps and encroaching deep enough into enemy territory to perform complicated technical investigations, Gandy accomplished his mission in Russia, but discovered more than State and CIA wanted him to know. Eric Haseltine's The Spy in Moscow Station tells of a time when—much like today—Russian spycraft had proven itself far beyond the best technology the U.S. had to offer. The perils of American arrogance mixed with bureaucratic infighting left the country unspeakably vulnerable to ultra-sophisticated Russian electronic surveillance and espionage. This is the true story of unorthodox, underdog intelligence officers who fought an uphill battle against their own government to prove that the KGB had pulled off the most devastating penetration of U.S. national security in history. If you think "The Americans" isn't riveting enough, you'll love this toe-curling nonfiction thriller.

International Spy Museum Handbook of Practical Spying

Author : Jack Barth
Publisher : National Geographic Society
ISBN 13 : 9780792267959
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book International Spy Museum Handbook of Practical Spying written by Jack Barth and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers are provided with a wry insider's look at the intrigues of espionage and the simple techniques that can protect the savvy spymaster from everyday crimes like identity theft and peeping toms.

The Secret Sentry

Author : Matthew M. Aid
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 160819096X
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Sentry written by Matthew M. Aid and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of the agency, from its inception in 1945, to its role in the Cold War, to its controversial advisory position at the time of the Bush administration's search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, shortly before the invasion of 2003.

A Spy in the White House

Author : Ron Roy
Publisher : Turtleback
ISBN 13 : 9781417690657
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book A Spy in the White House written by Ron Roy and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2004-08-24 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KC tries to uncover the White House spy who is leaking secrets about the upcoming wedding of her mother and the president.

Spies at Mount Vernon

Author : Steven K. Smith
Publisher : Myboys3 Press
ISBN 13 : 9781947881044
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Spies at Mount Vernon written by Steven K. Smith and published by Myboys3 Press. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dead drops, cyphers, and invisible ink are all part of a mystery that even spymaster George Washington would love. Sam, Derek, and Caitlin love solving mysteries, and when they visit Washington, DC, spies are lurking. What starts out as a fun game of pretend on the National Mall turns all too real when they follow a mysterious man to a meeting deep within the Capitol. To keep government secrets from falling into the wrong hands, the kids must work with federal agents and travel to historic Mount Vernon for a state dinner with the president and his son. Dead drops, cyphers and spy chases are all part of what might be their most dangerous adventure ever--if it isn't their last. Spies at Mount Vernon is the seventh book in The Virginia Mysteries series, but it also makes a great standalone read. The story is the perfect complement to social studies units covering George Washington as well as field trips and family vacations to Washington, DC and Mount Vernon. If you enjoy mystery and adventure like the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Magic Tree House, or National Treasure, you'll love author Steven K. Smith's exciting middle-grade series. The stories are modern-day fictional mysteries with twists of real locations and events from Virginia history. These fast-paced books are popular with both boys and girls ages 7-12, appealing to even reluctant readers Buy Spies at Mount Vernon and unlock the adventure today

Spy

Author : Danielle Steel
Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 0399179453
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Spy written by Danielle Steel and published by Dell. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A young woman is caught up in a dangerous double life on behalf of her country during World War II in Danielle Steel’s thrilling new novel. At eighteen, Alexandra Wickham is presented to King George V and Queen Mary in an exquisite white lace and satin dress her mother has ordered from Paris. With her delicate blond looks, she is a stunning beauty who seems destined for a privileged life. But fate, a world war, and her own quietly rebellious personality lead her down a different path. By 1939, Europe is on fire and England is at war. From her home in idyllic Hampshire, Alex makes her way to London as a volunteer in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. But she has skills that draw the attention of another branch of the service. Fluent in French and German, she would make the perfect secret agent. Within a year, Alex is shocking her family in trousers and bright red lipstick. They must never know about the work she does—no one can know, not even the pilot she falls in love with. While her country and those dearest to her pay the terrible price of war, Alex learns the art of espionage, leading to life-and-death missions behind enemy lines and a long career as a spy in exotic places and historic times. Spy follows Alex’s extraordinary adventures in World War II and afterward in India, Pakistan, Morocco, Hong Kong, Moscow, and Washington, D.C., when her husband, Richard, enters the foreign service and both become witnesses to a rapidly changing world from post-war to Cold War. She lives life on the edge, with a secret she must always keep hidden.

Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution

Author : Claire Bellerjeau
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493052489
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution written by Claire Bellerjeau and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-05-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1785, a young African American woman named Elizabeth (Liss) was put on board the Lucretia in New York Harbor, bound for Charleston, where she would be sold to her fifth enslaver in just twenty-two years. Leaving behind a small child she had little hope of ever seeing again, Elizabeth was faced with the stark reality of being sold south to a life quite different from any she had known before. She had no idea that Robert Townsend, a son of the first family she was enslaved by, would locate her, safeguard her child, and return her to New York—nor that Robert, one of George Washington's most trusted spies, had joined an anti-slavery movement. As Robert and Elizabeth’s story unfolds, prominent Revolutionary figures cross their path, including Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Jupiter Hammon, John André, and John Adams, as well as participants in the Boston Massacre, the Sons of Liberty, the Battle of Long Island, Franklin’s Paris negotiations, and the Benedict Arnold treason plot. Elizabeth's journey brings a new perspective to America's founding—that of an enslaved Black woman seeking personal liberty in a country fighting for its own. The 2023 paperback edition includes a new chapter highlighting recent discoveries about Elizabeth's freedom and later life.

Washington Station

Author : Yuri B. Shvets
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671883973
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (839 download)

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Download or read book Washington Station written by Yuri B. Shvets and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a firsthand account that reads like an electrifying real-life le Carre-style thriller, former KGB agent Yuri Shvets offers stunning revelations about the activities of Soviet spies in Washington, D.C. Shvets' sensational account reveals the truth about such celebrated spy cases as the Yurchenko and Ames scandals.

The Good Spy

Author : Kai Bird
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307889769
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Good Spy written by Kai Bird and published by Crown. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Good Spy is Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird’s compelling portrait of the remarkable life and death of one of the most important operatives in CIA history – a man who, had he lived, might have helped heal the rift between Arabs and the West. On April 18, 1983, a bomb exploded outside the American Embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people. The attack was a geopolitical turning point. It marked the beginning of Hezbollah as a political force, but even more important, it eliminated America’s most influential and effective intelligence officer in the Middle East – CIA operative Robert Ames. What set Ames apart from his peers was his extraordinary ability to form deep, meaningful connections with key Arab intelligence figures. Some operatives relied on threats and subterfuge, but Ames worked by building friendships and emphasizing shared values – never more notably than with Yasir Arafat’s charismatic intelligence chief and heir apparent Ali Hassan Salameh (aka “The Red Prince”). Ames’ deepening relationship with Salameh held the potential for a lasting peace. Within a few years, though, both men were killed by assassins, and America’s relations with the Arab world began heading down a path that culminated in 9/11, the War on Terror, and the current fog of mistrust. Bird, who as a child lived in the Beirut Embassy and knew Ames as a neighbor when he was twelve years old, spent years researching The Good Spy. Not only does the book draw on hours of interviews with Ames’ widow, and quotes from hundreds of Ames’ private letters, it’s woven from interviews with scores of current and former American, Israeli, and Palestinian intelligence officers as well as other players in the Middle East “Great Game.” What emerges is a masterpiece-level narrative of the making of a CIA officer, a uniquely insightful history of twentieth-century conflict in the Middle East, and an absorbing hour-by-hour account of the Beirut Embassy bombing. Even more impressive, Bird draws on his reporter’s skills to deliver a full dossier on the bombers and expose the shocking truth of where the attack’s mastermind resides today.