Intelligence

A stunning exposé of how A.Q. Khan set up Pakistan’s nuclear programme, and the role of the United States in the spread of nuclear weaponsBased on hundreds of interviews in the United States, Pakistan, India, Israel, Europe, and Southeast Asia, Deception is a masterwork of reportage and dramatic ... More

In his devastating new book Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind takes readers inside the defining conflict of our era: the war between the West and a growing, shadowy army of terrorists, armed with weapons of alarming power. Relying on unique access to former and current government officia... More

During the cold Himalayan winter of 1965-1966, a peculiar collection of C.I.A. equipment ripped from its moorings by an avalanche came to rest on the glacier at the mountain's base. This work provides a harrowing present-day account of Takeda's expedition to solve the mystery of Nanda Devi.At some p... More

Nearly three thousand people died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In Lower Manhattan, on a field in Pennsylvania, and along the banks of the Potomoc, the United States suffered the single largest loss of life from an enemy attack on its soil. In November 2002 the United States Co... More

Berntsen, until recently one of the CIAUs most decorated officers, comes out from under cover for the first time to describe his no-holds-barred pursuit of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda.The Book the CIA Doesn't Want You to Read Gary Berntsen, the CIA's key commander coordinating the fight against the... More

Including interviews with pilots who flew the CIA's jets, Ghost Plane reveals the extraordinary detective work that tracked down the agency's covert aviation network. Tracing the history of rendition back to the mid 1990s, Stephen Grey shows how, after 911, it expnded beyond recognition into what am... More

"There is no longer any doubt of the failure of our intelligence agencies in the years following the Cold War. Amy Zegart has examined the reasons for this failure in addition to the well-meaning but mistaken attempts to address the problem. An important book for all those interested in the nation's... More

A CIA speechwriter and analyst scours sources as diverse as the Bible, spy novels, James Bond movies, and presidential speeches to illuminate the mysterious world of intelligence and espionage through more than 3,000 quotations."The Literary Spy "provides" "a unique view of the intelligence world th... More

This is the true story of a remarkable man who pulled off a seemingly impossible espionage mission in Tokyo, before and during World War II. Richard Sorge, born to a Russian mother and a German father, ran a network of Japanese and Europeans under the noses of Japan's dreaded secret police. From 193... More

This book critically examines the weaknesses of U.S. intelligence led by the Central Intelligence Agency in informing presidential decision-making on issues of war and peace. It evaluates the CIA's strategic intelligence performance during the Cold War and post-Cold War periods as a foundation for e... More

"MASK" is the codename for one of the most sensitive, long-term sources ever run by any British intelligence organization. It concealed the existence of a radio interception programme operated by the Government Code and Cipher School (GC&CS) which succeeded in monitoring, and reading, large quantiti... More

This book presents a unique assessment of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and brings together leading authors to examine the organization from a range of key angles. Since the contributors presented their papers at the first international conference on the SOE at the Imperial War Museum in 19... More

This collection of essays takes a fresh look at the contentious themes of democracy, development, and security in Pakistan today. Arguing that the three are closely interlinked, the editors posit that the political and economic experience of the past 50 years shows that neither democracy nor capital... More

The Way Forward presents for the first time, a comprehensive text which documents the scientific evidence on various aspects of road safety. This book moves well beyond the mere compilation of data and analyses. It examines road safety from such diverse points of view as biomechanics ergonomics, tra... More

With relentless media coverage, breathtaking events, and extraordinary congressional and independent investigations, it is hard to believe that we might not know some of the most significant facts about the presidency of George W. Bush. Yet, beneath the surface events of the Bush presidency lies a s... More

James Risen has broken story after story on the abuses of power of the Bush administration.From warrantless wiretapping to secret financial data mining to the CIA's rogue operations, he has shown again and again that the executive branch has dangerously overreached, repudiated checks and balances on... More