Spying in America Espionage from the Revolutionary War to the Dawn of the Cold War Michael J
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ENJOY A SPECIAL 30% DISCOUNT Spying in America Espionage from the Revolutionary War to the Dawn of the Cold War Michael J. Sulick “Spying In America reveals how important espionage has been to the American chronicle. Historian Michael Sulick tells the story from a unique perspective―a career clandestine services officer who knows what is important. As motivating as Lawrence of Arabia; as insightful as le Carré; as reliable as David McCullough . indispensable reading for a basic foundation.” —Hayden B. Peake, former army and CIA intelligence officer Can you keep a secret? Maybe you can, but the United States government cannot. Since the birth of our country, nations large and small, from Russia and China to Ghana and Ecuador, have stolen the most precious secrets of the United States. From the American Revolution, through the Civil War and two World Wars, to the atomic age of the Manhattan Project, Sulick details the lives of those who have betrayed America’s secrets. Spying in America serves as the perfect introduction to the early November 2012 history of espionage in America. Sulick’s unique experience as a senior intelligence officer is evident as he skillfully guides the reader through hardcover, ISBN 978-1-58901-926-3 these cases of intrigue, deftly illustrating the evolution of American $26.95, $18.87 US awareness about espionage and the fitful development of American £18.75, £13.13 UK counterespionage leading up to the Cold War. Michael J. Sulick is a retired intelligence operations officer who worked for the CIA for twenty-eight years. He served as chief of CIA counterintelligence from 2002 to 2004 and as director of the National Clandestine Service from 2007 to 2010, where he was responsible for supervising the agency’s covert collection operations and coordinating the espionage activities of the US intelligence community. DISCOUNT CODE: TY89 Order online at www.press.georgetown.edu TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Lafayette Baker 19. German Intelligence Failure in Dexter White Introduction 10. The Confederacy’s Reverend World War II 28. The Spy in the White House: Spy: Thomas Conrad 20. The Spy in the State Lauchlin Currie Part I: The Revolutionary War 11. Union Espionage Department: Tyler Kent 29. The Spy in US 1. Espionage and the 21. Japanese Espionage in World Counterespionage: Judith Coplon Revolutionary War Part III: Espionage in the World War II 2. The First Spy: Benjamin Wars 1914-1945 Part V: The Atomic Bomb Church 12. Espionage before World War I Part IV: The Golden Age of Spies: Prelude to the Cold War 3. The Undetected Spy: Edward 13. Prelude to War: Germany’s Soviet Espionage: 1930s-1940s 30. The Atomic Bomb Spies Bancroft First Spy Network 22. The Origins of Cold War 31. The Executed Spies: The 4. The Treasonous Spy: Benedict 14. US Counterespionage and Espionage Rosenbergs Arnold World War I 23. America’s Counterespionage 32. The Atomic Bomb Spy Who 15. Spy Hysteria between the Weapon: Venona Got Away: Ted Hall Part II: The Civil War World Wars 24. The Golden Age Exposed: 33. The Spy from the Cornfi elds: 5. Espionage and the Civil War 16. German Espionage in World Igor Gouzenko George Koval 7. The Chameleon Spy: Timothy War II 25. The “Red Spy Queen”: Webster 17. The Spy in US Industry: The Elizabeth Bentley Conclusion 8. The Spy in the Union Capital: Norden Bombsight 26. Spy versus Spy: Whittaker Bibliography Rose Greenhow 18. The Double Agent: William Chambers and Alger Hiss About the Author 9. The Counterspy as Tyrant: Sebold 27. The Spy in Treasury: Harry Index ORDER INFORMATION The following distributors can process orders with a 30% dis- Other international customers, please contact: count. Please be sure to include your discount code: TY89 Canada: Scholarly Book Services, 289 Bridgeland Ave., Unit 105, Toronto, ON United States M6A 1Z6; Telephone: 800-847-9736. Fax: 800-220-9895. 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