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USA: Time, 1968 100 pages. Features: The former chief of French Intelligence in the U.S. reveals the fantastic story of Soviet espionage that penetrated De Gaulle's official family - 'Martel', the key Russian agent, repercussions that caught Kim Philby, J.F.K.'s secret letter to De Gaulle; German students storm the cities in the name of Red Rudi (Dutschke); End of the 'Wahine' in Wellington Harbor; The Emergence of James Earl Ray alias Eric Starvo Galt; Refugees on a bridge to nowhere - Vietnam; Gardiners Island - its haunted legacy - America's offshore fiefdom with piracy in its past; Super Shots from Big T - golfer Tom Weiskopf; Under the gaze of the charmer - Warren Beatty, footloose at the top; "Fog that foils an old disease - TB" - Dr. Sol R. Rosenthal; and more. Colour Ford Torino ad inside front cover; Nice 2-page colour ad for four Chevrolet models - Chevy II, Chevrolet, Camaro, Chevelle; nice 2-page GM colour car ad. Moderate wear. Address label on front cover else unmarked. A quality copy.. Stapled. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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UK: Heinemann, 1960 224 pages. Index. Twenty pages of black and white photographic plates. "This account of the Cyprus revolt analyses its causes, and documents many of the incidents during the four dangerous and violent years before the Zurich agreements were signed in London in February 1959. The author, a Cypriot, is able to reveal something of the daring and ingenious methods of the EOKA guerrillas; their hide-outs in the mountains and forests, or in a peasant's cellar; their secret organisation which penetrated the church, the administration, even the police." - from dust jacket. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Foxing to endpapers and edges. Binding and hinges sound. Average wear to book which is unmarked. A sound copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1975 369 pages. Index. "A firsthand account of the desperate efforts to save Jews following Hitler's occupation of Austria in 1938 and to defeat all limitations to Jewish immigration with the proclomation of Israel's independence in 1948. It is the story of the galland band of dedicated men and women of the Haganah, who under the enigmatic name of the "Mossad" set up a world-wide organization to rescue their fellow Jews from doom and lead them towards life in the Land of Israel." - from dust jacket. Unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 1983 655 pages including notes and index. "Until now, no one has published a comprehensive and detailed report on the agency... Mr. Bamford has emerged with everything except the combination to the director's safe." - New York Times Book Review. Some yellowing. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Good working copy. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1977 374 pages. Index. "Desperate men can commit desperate acts, and for more than 20 years the violent and deadly Irgun were the shock troops of Israeli independence... no deed was too extreme in the pursuit of their goal..." - from dust jacket. Heavily worn. Usual library markings. Worthy reading copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Reading Copy/Reading Copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York: Exeter/Patrick Hawkey Publishing Limited, 1987 192 pages including index. Goes beyond mere journalistic reportage to discover just how intelligence work is conducted. Provides a clear and authoritative account of the activities of these two organizations. Includes over 300 photographs. Small erasure to front endpaper.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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Monroe, Maine, U.S.A.: Common Courage Pr, 1995 457 pages. Index. "From China in the 1940s to Guatemala today, the author provides the most comprehensive study of the ongoing American holocaust." - from back cover. "Far and away the best book on the topic." - Noam Chomsky. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Deneau, 1982 346 pages. Circa 1980s. "The editors sifted through 6,000 pages of the original Royal Commission report to produce this fascinating insight into the nature of espionage and the motives that led respected Canadians to betray their country's oath of secrecy. Reveals the full extent of Igor Gouzenko's testimony, and radically alters the existing information and opinions about the trial and about Gouzenko from previous books." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Half-title page removed. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. . Soft Cover. Reading Copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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United Kingdom: Pan Books Ltd, 1998 402 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "A coup of literary detection." - Independent on Sunday. "The fascinating and, until now, untold story of the struggle of the Allied services to topple the Bolshevik regime during Lenin's first years of power... A remarkable history of espionage." - from back cover. Tight and square. Unmarked. Moderate wear. . First Printing. Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: James Lewis & Samuel, 1973 193 pages. Reference notes. The first book that separates fact from myth on the RCMP in its 100-year history. Highlights those aspects of the RCMP's history that the official books have neglected. Minimal markings. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Partialy yellowed. Decent working copy.. Soft Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Lester Publishing, 1993 390 pages including index, black and white photographic plates and extensive notes. "A book of many secrets, disclosed here for the first time... based almost entirely on original documents (many of which were obtained from Canada's Communications Security Establishment {CSE})... Because the wartime intelligence services of Canada, Britain and the United States cooperated closely, the Canadian documents provide a much fuller picture of what was happening in the other two countries. Thus this Canadian story is an American and British one as well... I have used the names of individuals in this book in the hope that this may help it serve as a kind of 'Michelin Guide' for American and British writers dealing with incomplete secret-intelligence documents in their own countries." - from Introduction. Book clean, bright and unmarked with faint wear. Light wear to dust jacket. Very nice copy of this extensive and significant study.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 1989 295 pages. Index. Illustrations. The unparalleled story of an inspired group who changed the course of history. And the story of William Casey's extraordinary commitment to freedom... "Brisk, informative reading." - Chicago Sun-Times. Above-average, but not excessive wear. Ink stamp to bottom edge else unmarked. Decent reference copy. . Soft Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Optimum Publishing International, Incorporated, 1976 542 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white illustrations. "The work of the Quebec Police Commission Inquiry into organized crime has uncovered the wide range of activities of the Canadian underworld. This all-revealing book continues this work and studies the international ramifications of drug trafficking through a point-by-point reconstruction of the comings and goings of the traders in heroin and other illegal drugs." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon verso of first blank leaf. Book tight and clean. Average wear overall. A sound copy.. First English Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: Scribner, 1997 427 pages. Index. "In wars cold and hot, overt and covert - from Kathmandu to Kuwait, from Baghdad to Managua, the CIA was there - and so was Duane Clarridge. Move over Indiana Jones, step aside Mr. Bond - this is the REAL story of a real spy." - Ollie North. Usual library markings. Average wear. Lean to spine. Clean and sound reading copy. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Olympia, Washington: Washington Contract Loggers Association, 1994 306 pages. Signed and inscribed by author upon half-title page. "He risked everything to expose the truth about eco-terrorism and drugs... He went undercover to infiltrate Earth First!... He found violence, corruption and bureaucratic bungling... And he lived to tell the tale and ask questions." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. . Signed. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1990 321 pages. "Tells the incredible story of the beginnings of our intelligence service, its colourful history, and its successes and failures." - from dust jacket. Glossary, bibliography, index. Very light wear. Dust jacket price-clipped. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper else clean and unmarked. Nice copy.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Da Capo Press, 1971 484 pages. Footnotes. Index. An unabridged republication of the 1959 first edition. Chapters include: The Roots; Permissive Jurisdictions; Prohibition Jurisdictions; Wiretapping in England; The Tools (with three-page bibliography); The Law. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A sound working copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1944 192 pages including index and an appendix listing contemporary personalities in Japan and Japanese-Occupied Asia. "The present study falls into two sections which are complementary. The first deals with machinery and methods and endeavours to give as full and detailed a survey as is possible of the various government organs directing and controlling political warfare, the structure of the Japanese press, the organisation of Japanese broadcasting, the functioning of censorship, and the extent to which education, science, literature, the arts and the cinema are being employed for purposes of propaganda, both in the Japanese homeland and in the wider area of the conquered empire... The second part deals... with the aims and policies of Japanese propaganda, and attempts to give an outline of the way in which the machinery, sketched in the first part, is being operated." - from introduction. Prior owner's name and pencil erasure atop front endpaper else unmarked. Minor adhesive residue upon back endpaper, possibly from bookplate or pocket removal. Evidence of small sticker removal at base of front board. No library markings per se. Above average wear and soiling to red cloth boards. Spine sunned but its gilt lettering remains legible. Bit of foxing to endpapers. Binding intact. Good working copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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UK: BBC Books, 1980 190 pages including index and black and white illustrations. In its combination of scrupulous accuracy and readability this work is a fascinating analysis of intelligence agents and the secret organisations for which they risked their lives. Subjects include: Richard Sorge; Bogdan Stashinsky; Cynthia alias Amy Elizabeth Thorpe; The Venlo Incident; Double Cross - Camp 020; John Vassall. Book clean, and unmarked with light wear. Bit of sticker residue upon dust jacket which is lightly worn. Very nice copy. . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: Lexington , 1988 234 pages. Notes. Bibliography. Index. An in-depth look at the Soviet secret police. "Shows how essential deceit and strong-arm tactics are to the maintenance of the communist system." - Wall Street Journal. Dust jacket now preserved in an archival-grade Brodart cover. Clean, bright and unmarked. Lightest wear. Beautiful copy.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Canadian Intelligence and Security Association, 1981 769 pages. Black and white illustrations. "... Clearly describes the cycle of 'boom and bust' through which the formal organization passed over a period of 60 years. As such, it shows the need for a strong, efficient, dedicated, and professional Intelligence staff at each level of Canada's armed forces." - from Foreward. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Quality copy of this very substantial reference. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1984 329 pages. Index. Referrences. List of primary sources. Reproductions of black and white photos. "John Grierson, documentary film pioneer and founder of the National Film Board of Canada was a self-proclaimed propagandist who offered himself to Canada in the Second World War and won a place as director of Canada's official propaganda machine... But after the crisis had passed, Grierson and his idealistic associates ran up against the emerging pragmatic and functional policy approach of Mackenzie King's government." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Former Library Copy. more information

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London: Robert Hale Limited, 1977 256 pages including index and black and white illustrations. Reveals for the first time how Maclean, then the golden boy of the Foreign Office, married an American girl, Melinda Marling, on the afternoon of the day the British Embassy left Paris during the fall of France, and how the couple escaped aboard a ship that ran out of food before it reached Britain. Includes many other similar disclosures. Describes some of the daringly simple methods of espionage used by Burgess, and tells for the first time of the embarrassing contents of the trunk Burgess left behind. Author has more than 25 years' experience as Diplomatic Correspondent for Lord Thomson's newspaper group. Book is crisp, clean and unmarked in red cloth boards. Dust jacket shows moderate edgewear with several small tears. . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Doubleday Publishing, 1994 271 pages. Index. Glossary. Black and white photographic plates. "Mike Frost, a communications officer at CSE for 19 years, has decided that in the post-"Cold War" era it is time for the Canadian public to be told what its government has been doing and for a public debate to ensue... As he tells the story of his career, he paints a remarkable picture of the Security Establishments of Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.... Frost and his boss were at the centre of the 'embassy-collection' scheme which was code-named 'Project Pilgrim'". - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Very nice copy. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1954 222 pages. Black and white photographic frontis portrait of subject. Chronology. Index of names and brief 'Who's Who". "The War Office, in consultation with the Foreign Office, have held that no security objection can be taken to the publication of this book. They add that the departments concerned in no way vouch for its accuracy or otherwise." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear to unmarked book. Slight lean to spine. Foxing to top edge. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1995 325 pages. A gripping, panoramic espionage novel set in the shadowy, clandestine arena of World War II spycraft. Written with a keen awareness of the nuances of national character, individual psychology, and the weight of history. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Three inch crease to back flap of dust jacket. Excellent copy. . Second Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: E.P. Dutton, 1948 280 pages. Inscribed upon front free endpaper to Roman Fast and signed by Igor Gouzenko in June of 1949. Gouzenko was the Soviet embassy cipher clerk whose defection in 1945 marked the beginning of the Cold War. His revelations resulted in major investigations and dozens of arrests. Above-average wear to red boards. Binding intact. Unmarked. What appears to be a clipping from the dust jacket of a Second Printing copy is neatly affixed at half-title page. Said clipping provides major contemporary media reviews of this work. A treasure for your Espionage or Cold War collection.. Signed. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Key Porter Books, 1990 276 pages. Index. "Traces Canada's role as a partner in a US-UK security network during the Second World War and shows how our intelligence community is, in fact, a branch plant." - from dust jacket. Contents clean and unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear to book. Above-average wear to dust jacket. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Fair+/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Bison Books, 1989 Shrouded in secrecy, MIf and MI6 have been responsible for the security and secret intelligence of Great Britain. How has this been done? What have been their successes and failures? This book answers these questions and provides a remarkably objective and lucid account of these two famous organizations. Rare amongst books on this subject, this work is profusely illustrated with 250 photographs of the leading personalities, key events and special equipment of the world of spies and espionage. Small tear to dust jacket at top of spine.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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USA: Orion/Aerofax/Crown, 1988 232 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and some colour plates. "This encyclopedic work presents for the first time historical and technical data for every nuclear warhead built by the U.S. since 1945. The most comprehensive technical history ever written about the postwar development of American nuclear weapons, this book includes explantions of fission and fusion weapon physics; significant postwar technological advancements in atomic warheads; and commonly-used warhead arming and fuzing equipment and techniques." - from dust jacket. "Extensive footnotes in each chapter cite specific sources for many of the points discussed" - from Preface. Book clean and bright with very light wear. Prior owner's signature atop front free endpaper and reverse of back free endpaper. Handsome dust jacket, now preserved in archival-grade Brodart, bears three fine scratches to front panel and a short closed tear to bottom of back panel. A high quality copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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U.K.: Methuen, 1983 158 pages. In this compelling and fascinating account Leo Heaps reconstructs the double life of the quiet Canadian professor of economics. He follows his career from the early days of his recruitment by the KGB through his ten years working for NATO - when he photographed thousands of highly confidential documents; he shows his subsequent contribution to the Soviet spy network during his travels in Europe, the Middle East and Latin America while working as an economist for the Canadian government and Laval University, Quebec; and he examines the eventual unravelling of the tangled web. Author first knew Hambleton and his family during their schooldays together in Ottawa. Prior owner's name and date upon front endpaper else unmarked. Very light wear to book. Mild lean to spine. Contents partially yellowed. Light wear to dust jacket. Nice copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Blake Books, 2001 328 pages. "What if... Great Britain had lost the Battle of Britain?" - from back cover. Initialed by Lynn-Philip Hodgson inside front cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. . Signed. Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: Christic, 1988 237 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white illustrations. Contains the Declaration of Plaintiff's Counsel filed by the Christic Institute, U.S. District Court, Miami, Florida, March 31, 1988. "Represents a year of relentless research into the activities of members of the United States' invisible government that have gone far beyond the laws of God, governments, and society. If there remains any justice, indictments and civil judgements will follow." - John Stockwell, Former CIA Task Force Chief in Angola. "Has the potential of enlightening the American public - more than anything I've seen since the Pentagon Papers and the Church Committee investigation - on the hidden arms and instruments of our covert foreign policy over the last two generations." - Daniel Ellsberg. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound working copy.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1975 186 pages. Index. This, the story of of Nicholas Dulger-Sheikin "proves yet again that truth is stranger than fiction." - from dust jacket. Above-average but not excessive wear. Front hinge taped. Sound reading copy. . Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952 284 pages. Index. Photo illustrated endpapers. Black and white photographic plates. "This startling story, never revealed in its entiretly before, is told with full documentation by Major Jordan, who served as liaison officer with the Russians at Great Falls, Montana - the staging base for Russian Lend-Lease supplies... Documents the two known shipments of uranium; explains how engraving plates from the U.S. Treasury were made available to Russia with the help of Harry Dexter White... This book could well be titled 'How We Helped Russia and How the Russians Helped Themselves'." - from dust jacket. Unmarked book bears moderate wear and sound binding. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Quality copy of this important record.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, 1989 162 pages. Index. "In the 1980s the Indian government has been conducting a covert intelligence operation in Canada. This operation has involved the deception both of Canadian security forces and the Canadian government, and led to one of the most horrific acts of modern terrorism - the killing of 329 people in the Air India bombing of 1985. These are the conclusions of this startling, shocking book... Guides the reader through the byzantine politics of Sikh nationalism and the shadowy world of international espionage. In its convincing analysis of events leading to and following the Air India bombing, it shows who was pulling the strings and who was made the fool. Zuhair Kashmeri and Brian McAndrew are reporters with the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star respectively." - from back cover. Black and white illustrations. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Sound copy.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: BN, 2007 224 pages. Glossary, Bibliography, Index. Reprint of the 2003 first edition. "Using both newly released Russian official documents, interviews with the key commanders, information from the private archives of these individuals, and first-hand accounts from espionage operatives, (the author) has constructed a fresh perspective on the history of the modern world." - from dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Book virtually as new. Light wear to dust jacket. An excellent copy. "If you don't know history, you're history." - Jim Berkland. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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USA: Arms & Armour, 1989 424 pages. Index. Bibliography. Sources. Black and white photographic plates. "Follows in the great tradition of other outstanding war heroines such as Violette Szabo and Odette. But Yvonne Rudellat was the pioneer. If she had failed, no other woman agent would have been sent to France." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Average wear. Moderate spine slant. A sound working copy.. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Wanderer/Simon & Schuster, 1984 191 pages including bibliography and index. Intended for younger readers. "All the details, all the amazing history of one of the world's most intricate, efficient, and dangerous spy organizations are here." - from back cover. Name inside front cover else unmarked. Average wear. Good working copy. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1972 349 pages. Index. Reference notes. "A most valuable symposium of the greatest and most ruthless police system the world has ever known, a history of the Soviet secret police compiled with a wealth of documentary material." - from dust jacket cover. Heavily worn. Usual library markings. Binding almost open at title page. Reading copy only. . Hard Cover. Reading Copy/Reading Copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press, 1948 259 pages including index and 70 black and white illustrations and photographs. "This book is based on my five years of work, both as civilian expert and as Army officer, in American psychological warfare facilities - at every level from the Joint and Combined Chiefs of Staff planning phase down to the preparing of spot leaflets for the American forces in China. Consequently, I have... sought to incorporate those concepts and doctrines which found readiest acceptance among the men actually doing the job." - from Acknowledgements. Author served as an Army psychological warfare officer in Chunking during World War II. In 1951 he served as the CIA's Far East Division's chief consultant. He also served the Defense Department in the same capacity, giving advice on U.S. psychwar operations in Korea, and he was professor of Asian politics at the School for Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University. Source - Portrait of a Cold Warrior by Joseph B. Smith. Chapters include: Historic Examples of Psychological Warfare; The Function of Psychological Warfare; The Limitations of Psychological Warfare; Psychological Warfare in World War I; Psychological Warfare in World War II; Propaganda Analysis; Propaganda Intelligence; Estimate of the Situation; Organization for Psychological Warfare; Plans and PLanning; Operations for Civilians; Operations against Troops; Psychological Readiness and Disarmament. Usual library markings. Average wear. Some soiling to back board. Three inch narrow vertical opening to cloth partway down back edge of spine. Binding intact. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Canada: Robert Davies Publishing, 1995 295 pages including index and lists of sources. Author's signature upon half-title page. "Fifty years after a defecting Ottawa Soviet embassy cipher clerk (Igor Gouzenko) brought the RCMP a shirtful of incriminating documents about an espionage ring operating in Canada, this book provides us with the first insider's account of the incidents which many feel triggered the Cold War." - from back cover. Author was a Captain in the Canadian Armed Forces and speechwriter for Paul Martin Sr. His story differs in many respects from the officially sanctioned version. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. . Signed. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Timberholme Books, 1998 429 pages. "The true story of Winnipeg born William Stephenson (known as Intrepid), his career, and the secret World War II espionage organization, British Security Co-ordination, which he established in the heart of New York City." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Excellent copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: Putnam, 1971 286 pages. Index. "The shocking untold story of the most powerful figure in the American underworld today." - from dust jacket. "Chairman of the board of organized crime." - Miami Herald. Dust jacket price-clipped with average wear - now preserved in an archival-grade Brodart cover. Book clean and unmarked with average wear. A sound copy.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1950 181 pages. Index. Maps and diagrams. "Modern military literature is rich in books on strategy, general tactics, tank and aerial warfare. There are, however, few works on 'People's War'... This book, I hope, will fill the gap." - from Introduction. Chapters include: Marxism and Modern Warfare; Strategy of Secret Warfare; Technique of Underground War; Defence (Against Underground Warfare). Occasional underlining. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Minor yellowing to contents. Nice working copy.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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U.K.: Hove Foto Books, 1990 195 pages. Bibliography. "Secrets, espionage, counter-espionage: the tiny Minox conjures up visions of trench coats, wide-brim hats, secret missions, danger, excitement and trepidation... Author is the leading American authority on the history and development of the Minox camera." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Some lean to spine. Binding intact. Front free endpaper removed. A worthy reading copy.. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Former Library Colpy. more information

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USA: HarperCollins, 1994 315 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white photographic plates. The author, a former Mossad operative, makes many profoundly serious allegations against his former force. A gripping read. Moderate overall wear. Tight and square. Unmarked. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1998 316 pages. Index. Reference notes. Discovers "A force in crisis, struggling to be all things to all Canadians in a society that is no longer sure what role it wants the federal police to play - but is sure that it wants them to do it on less money... Raises issues that should be of concern to every Canadian." - from dust jacket. "Fascinating and timely." - Jane Jacobs. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now in Brodart. An excellent copy.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1977 190 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. The glamorous world of the secret agent is shown as it really is... a myth perpetuated in novels, films and the memoirs of super-agents. "...one of the most historically interesting and informative books about espionage in World War Two." - Heinz Hohne, Der Spiegel. Lovely clean, unmarked copy with minimal wear. Dust jacket protected by attractive Brodart cover. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: The Francis Mott Company, 1935 273 pages. Black and white frontisplate of author. Three black and white plates in appendices. New preface to this edition discusses events which transpired in the fifteen months since the first French edition was published. "Surveys the political situation in Yugoslavia between the two World Wars, and shows how the Yugoslav state was created for the simple purpose of implementing Serbian domination over the non-Serb nations within Yugoslavia." - Croation Information Centre. Unmarked. Hinges and binding intact. Moderate wear and soiling to red cloth-covered boards. Light foxing near endpapers. A sound copy.. First English Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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