The Puzzle Palace: A Report on America's Most Secretive Agency
by James Bamford
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395312868
- ISBN 13
- 9780395312865
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Synopsis
In this remarkable tour de force of investigative reporting, James Bamford exposes the inner workings of America's largest, most secretive, and arguably most intrusive intelligence agency. The NSA has long eluded public scrutiny, but The Puzzle Palace penetrates its vast network of power and unmasks the people who control it, often with shocking disregard for the law. With detailed information on the NSA's secret role in the Korean Airlines disaster, Iran-Contra, the first Gulf War, and other major world events of the 80s and 90s, this is a brilliant account of the use and abuse of technological espionage.
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- Bookseller
- Berthoff Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ALD-314
- Title
- The Puzzle Palace: A Report on America's Most Secretive Agency
- Author
- James Bamford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0395312868
- ISBN 13
- 9780395312865
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- NSA, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, GCHQ, SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE, FORT MEADE, TRUMAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Espionage;
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