Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda | 
| Authors: Robert Wallace, H Keith Melton, Henry Robert Schlesinger
Creator: David Drummond
Publisher: Tantor Media
Category: Book
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Edition: Unabridged
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Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 7 x 1.8
ISBN: 1400137144
Dewey Decimal Number: 327
EAN: 9781400137145
ASIN: 1400137144
Publication Date: June 12, 2008
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An unprecedented history of the CIA's most secretive operations and the gadgets that made them possible.
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Spycraft August 7, 2008
Fantastic! Told from the unique perspective of the technical and operations officers of the day, this is a must read for anyone interested in the period of history between the Cold War and today.
Battle of the Techs August 6, 2008
Spycraft is a well documented and entertaining read about the OTS engineers who work mostly behind the scenes to develop innovative and clever solutions to meet collection requirements. It chronicles the same problems faced the world over where the "fine arts graduates" see themselves as the master race, relegating the "techs", often dedicated engineers or scientists with multiple degrees, to subservience in the mistaken belief that techs could not analyze requirements and target using technical means in their own right.
Spycraft July 28, 2008
A fascinating collection of stories and events relative to our government and other countries effort to gather information.
The other side of the Trade July 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For most people when they think of Spying they think of the guy on ground
doing his Thing.But little thought is given to the people who make and place
the gadgets the spy uses. The book goes through the history of the departments and devices involved from the beginning till the present day with eye opening stories packed full of interesting facts.
If you are interested in Tradecraft then this is the flip side of the coin.
An excellent book that belongs in every spy buffs library !
The Whole Story July 18, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the Whole Story
Robert Wallace is a good friend and a former colleague.
Cold War intelligence operations and those who managed and ran them were always highly compartmentalized so that only a handful knew the whole story.
Now, with access to former Soviet intelligence files, many things have become more clear. Still, it is for writer/practitioners like Wallace to give us a fascinating and until-now-unknown view of the long U.S. - Soviet standoff.
This book is a great read, hard to set aide. It should be must reading for anyone who wants facts about how technology supported (and sometimes failed) American (and Soviet) intelligence operations during those long and expensive years. Interested college students and their teachers can rely on this text. It is painstakingly researched and noted.
The Agency understandably has a tough pre-publication review process and I am pleasantly surprised to see how much of Wallace's material has been allowed to see print. Although I often knew only a little of the many specifics he writes about, there is no doubt that this is the whole story, satisfying and often surprising even to the Old Timers who were involved.
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