James Angleton was the most controversial and mysterious counterintelligence spymaster in the CIA's history. Veteran reporter Tom Mangold covers every phase of the spymaster's career and lays bare the dangerous, illusory world of high intelligence in the white heat of the Cold War. His tale is as suspenseful as a work of fiction.
Beginning where fiction leaves off, "Plague Wars"--the definitive book on biological weapons--has been impeccably researched with the cooperation of the U.N., the Department of Defense, and various worldwide civilian and military agencies. It shows that biological agents are the weapons of the future: cheaply produced, easily unleashed, and as ...
The riveting, true story of the remarkable, but little known, Vietnam War campaigns fought inside 200 miles of secret tunnel networks around Saigon, between Viet Cong guerillas and special American forces.
This text argues that biological warfare whether in the hands of "madmen" states or lone terrorists has the potential to do more damage than even nuclear weapons. It cannot be properly banned by treaty; it cannot be controlled; and it requires little investment to refine. It is the poor man's atom bomb. The battlefields of the new biological ...
This is the story of the decade-long CIA spy-hunt driven by the paranoid convictions and Cold War obsessions of two men, the legendary American spycatcher, James Jesus Angleton, and the Soviet KGB defector, Anatoly Golitsyn. They were an instrument of destruction for their victims throughout Western intelligence, and the political ramifications ...
Based on more than three years of research and 300 interviews, Cold Warrior charts the career of James Jesus Angelton, former head of counterintelligence for the CIA and America's most legendary and ruthless spycatcher. Rarely has the dangerous, illusory world of international espionage been so fully revealed. 16-page photo insert.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: NY NY: Time Life Inc. 1985
Description: Staples. No DJ as Issued. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 160 pp. Wraps and text are very good. No tears creases or marks. Label on front. Feature story is Historic Songfest for Africa. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Guild Press
Date Published: 1985
Description: Very Good in VERY GOOD jacket. Hardback, very good dustwrapper. Internally clean and bright-no marks or inscriptions. No major defects-unabridged, clean, complete, not falling apart; some light wear. A perfectly good reading or reference copy. read more
Description: Good. Buen estado, bordes sobrecubierta leve. rozados, Cartone con sobrecubierta, HISTORIA RUSIA ZAR, 1978 Barcelona, 364 pp. 22, 5 cm. 1a edición. Ilustrado con 12 láminas fotos b/n fuera de texto. (etiqueta biblioteca con celo en lomo sobrecubierta), ., PLAZA. read more
Description: Good. Buen estado general, pequeña pelada superf. En sobrecubierta post., Cartone con sobrecubierta, HISTORIA POLITICA SIFGLO XX RUSIA ZAR REVOLUCION RUSA, 1978 Barcelona, 364 pp. 22x15 cm. 1a edición. Ilustrado con 12 láminas fotos b/n fuera de texto. Contenid. read more
Edition: Mass Paperback Edition
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Books, New York
Date Published: 1986
Description: Fine. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 22nd PRINTING. 299 pages. Illustrated. Index, Sources, Glossary, Chronology and Bibliography. A harrowing account of America's "Tunnel Rats" in the underground battlefields of Viet Nam. A fine mass pbk copy in illustrated white wrappers. read more
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