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The new spymasters : inside the modern world of espionage from the Cold War to global terror / Stephen Grey.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780312379223 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: xiv, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 327.12 Gre | 31681002508075 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
From the CIA's Cold War legends to ISIS, a modern history of espionage shows how spying has changed in the 21st century, where the new enemy is constantly evolving and prepared to kill the innocent, revealing how techniques and technologies have evolved, but the old motivations for betrayal endure. By an Amnesty International Award-winning journalist. - Baker & Taylor
Discusses how the art of intelligence gathering has evolved to concentrate on technical methods of spying, why electronic spying alone is insufficient, and how human intelligence is making a comeback in the fight against a new type of enemy. - McMillan Palgrave
The old world of spying-dead-letter boxes, microfilm cameras, an enemy reporting to the Moscow Center, and a hint of sexual blackmail-is history. The spymaster's technique has changed and the enemy has, too. He or she now frequently comes from a culture far removed from Western understanding and is part of a less well-organized group. The new enemy is constantly evolving and prepared to kill the innocent. In the face of this new threat, the spymasters of the world shunned human intelligence as the primary way to glean clandestine information and replaced it with an obsession that focuses on the technical methods of spying ranging from the use of high-definition satellite photography to the global interception of communications. However, this obsession with technology has failed, most spectacularly, with the devastation of the 9/11 attacks. In this searing modern history of espionage, Stephen Grey takes us from the CIA's Cold War legends, to the agents who betrayed the IRA, through to the spooks inside Al-Qaeda and ISIS. Techniques and technologies have evolved, but the old motivations for betrayal-patriotism, greed, revenge, compromise-endure. Based on years of research and interviews with hundreds of secret sources, Stephen Grey's The New Spymasters is an up-to-date exposé that shows how spycraft's human factor is once again being used to combat the world's deadliest enemies.
