Spycraft: Inside The Cia's Top Secret Spy Lab

Description

In this the first book ever written about the CIA's Office of Technical Service, former director Robert Wallace (a real-life Q, straight out of the James Bond films) and internationally renowned intelligence historian H. Keith Melton offer an unprecedented look at the CIA's most secretive operations and the devices that made them possible. Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions including the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the current War on Terror-the authors show how the CIA carries out its missions employing amazingly inventive tools. Illustrated with images never before seen by the public-and featuring everything from micro cameras to wired kitties to exploding pancakes-Spycraft is both a fantastic encyclopedia of gadgetry and a revealing primer on the fundamentals of high-tech espionage.

About the Author

Robert Wallace, a retired CIA officer, also publishes under the name Bob Wallace. After a 33-year intelligence career, he co-authored SPYCRAFT: The Secret History of the CIA Spytechs from Communism to al-Qaeda and THE OFFICIAL CIA MANUAL OF TRICKERY AND DECEPTION. These books launched Robert’s lecture career that has included presentations at Presidential Libraries, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Archives, libraries and civic organizations and major universities throughout the US and abroad. The works have been translated in multiple languages and published through Europe and Asia.Wallace and co-author H. Keith Melton, in cooperation with Georgetown University Press undertook a project beginning 2015 to produce a one-of-its-kind image rich history of sites of significant US intelligence history. With the publication of SPY SITES OF PHILADELPHIA, the completed three volume work includes SPY SITES OF WASHINGTON, DC and SPY SITES OF NEW YORK. Together this three book series presents unique descriptions and images of six hundred major spies and their operations through two centuries from the Revolutionary War to the 21st century.Robert’s first book, NINE FROM THE NINTH, is a memoir of a year with Company E, 75th Infantry (Rangers) Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol company in Vietnam. The work includes essays and stories by three infantry soldiers who formed a lifetime bond of friendship forged in combat operations in Vietnam during 1969.Robert Wallace lives in Virginia and may be contacted at bobwq@hotmail.com