Author:
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN: 1604946474
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
In 1987, the author, a senior U.S. Army counterintelligence (CI) agent, became the partner of a close friend, Clyde Lee Conrad, at the head of a spy ring which had sold NATO secrets for twelve years to Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Russia. He helped his friend sell secrets, craft a new plan for recruitment of U.S. soldiers for Hungary, and plan kidnaping, torture, and murder. nine agents and couriers in five countries were eventually convicted of espionage and treason. No actual names are used in this book, without permission, except those connected with the spy ring. The operation and innovative trade-craft employed by the author were hailed by many as the most significant in U.S. Army counterespionage (CE) history.
Damian and Mongoose: How a U.S. Army Counterespionage Agent Infiltrated an International Spy Ring
Author:
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN: 1604946474
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
In 1987, the author, a senior U.S. Army counterintelligence (CI) agent, became the partner of a close friend, Clyde Lee Conrad, at the head of a spy ring which had sold NATO secrets for twelve years to Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Russia. He helped his friend sell secrets, craft a new plan for recruitment of U.S. soldiers for Hungary, and plan kidnaping, torture, and murder. nine agents and couriers in five countries were eventually convicted of espionage and treason. No actual names are used in this book, without permission, except those connected with the spy ring. The operation and innovative trade-craft employed by the author were hailed by many as the most significant in U.S. Army counterespionage (CE) history.
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN: 1604946474
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
In 1987, the author, a senior U.S. Army counterintelligence (CI) agent, became the partner of a close friend, Clyde Lee Conrad, at the head of a spy ring which had sold NATO secrets for twelve years to Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Russia. He helped his friend sell secrets, craft a new plan for recruitment of U.S. soldiers for Hungary, and plan kidnaping, torture, and murder. nine agents and couriers in five countries were eventually convicted of espionage and treason. No actual names are used in this book, without permission, except those connected with the spy ring. The operation and innovative trade-craft employed by the author were hailed by many as the most significant in U.S. Army counterespionage (CE) history.
Spies Who Changed History
Author: Nigel West
Publisher: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1399086359
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Spies have made an extraordinary impact on the history of the 20th Century, but fourteen in particular can be said to have been demonstrably important. As one might expect, few are household names, and it is only with the benefit of recently declassified files that we can now fully appreciate the nature of their contribution. The criteria for selection have been the degree to which each can now be seen to have had a very definite influence on a specific course of events, either directly, by passing vital classified material, or indirectly, by organizing or managing a group of spies. Those selected were active in the First World War, the inter-war period, the Second World War, the Cold War and even the post-Cold War era. These include Walther Dewé who formed a spy ring in German-occupied Belgium during the First World War. This train-watching network, known as ‘White Lady’, reported on German troop deployments and possible weaknesses in the German defences. Extending its operations into northern France, the ring provided 75 per cent of the information received by GHQ, British Expeditionary Force. By the time of the Armistice in 1918, Dewé’s group had a staggering 1,300 members. Olga Gray, the 27-year-old daughter of a Daily Mail journalist, was employed as a secretary by the Communist Party of Great Britain. In 1931 she undertook a mission for MI5 to penetrate the organization and discover its secret channel of communication with Moscow. Gray learned that the Party’s cipher was based on Treasure Island and this breakthrough enabled the Party’s messages to be read by Whitehall cryptographers. Renato Levi, an Italian playboy, was the longest-serving British agent of the Second World War and is credited with creating the concept of strategic deception. While operating in Cairo as a double agent working for the Abwehr and the British he was instrumental in misleading the Axis about Allied strength across the Middle East and helped Montgomery achieve his victory over Rommel’s Afrika Korps at El Alamein. So successful was Levi in this and other deceptions, he was employed to persuade the Germans that the D-Day landings in Normandy were a diversionary feint, in anticipation of an invasion in the Pas-de-Calais. These, and other surprising stories, are revealed in this fascinating insight into a secret world inhabited by mysterious and shadowy characters, all of whom, though larger than life, really did exist.
Publisher: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1399086359
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Spies have made an extraordinary impact on the history of the 20th Century, but fourteen in particular can be said to have been demonstrably important. As one might expect, few are household names, and it is only with the benefit of recently declassified files that we can now fully appreciate the nature of their contribution. The criteria for selection have been the degree to which each can now be seen to have had a very definite influence on a specific course of events, either directly, by passing vital classified material, or indirectly, by organizing or managing a group of spies. Those selected were active in the First World War, the inter-war period, the Second World War, the Cold War and even the post-Cold War era. These include Walther Dewé who formed a spy ring in German-occupied Belgium during the First World War. This train-watching network, known as ‘White Lady’, reported on German troop deployments and possible weaknesses in the German defences. Extending its operations into northern France, the ring provided 75 per cent of the information received by GHQ, British Expeditionary Force. By the time of the Armistice in 1918, Dewé’s group had a staggering 1,300 members. Olga Gray, the 27-year-old daughter of a Daily Mail journalist, was employed as a secretary by the Communist Party of Great Britain. In 1931 she undertook a mission for MI5 to penetrate the organization and discover its secret channel of communication with Moscow. Gray learned that the Party’s cipher was based on Treasure Island and this breakthrough enabled the Party’s messages to be read by Whitehall cryptographers. Renato Levi, an Italian playboy, was the longest-serving British agent of the Second World War and is credited with creating the concept of strategic deception. While operating in Cairo as a double agent working for the Abwehr and the British he was instrumental in misleading the Axis about Allied strength across the Middle East and helped Montgomery achieve his victory over Rommel’s Afrika Korps at El Alamein. So successful was Levi in this and other deceptions, he was employed to persuade the Germans that the D-Day landings in Normandy were a diversionary feint, in anticipation of an invasion in the Pas-de-Calais. These, and other surprising stories, are revealed in this fascinating insight into a secret world inhabited by mysterious and shadowy characters, all of whom, though larger than life, really did exist.
Honor Bright
Author: Laura Richards
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040584407
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040584407
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Honor Bright
Author: Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
"Honor Bright: A Story for Girls" by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards is a delightful tale that captures the essence of honor and integrity. The story revolves around the character of Honor Bright, and through her experiences, readers are reminded of the importance of honesty and goodness. Richards' narrative is both entertaining and morally instructive, making it an excellent choice for young readers seeking engaging stories with valuable life lessons.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
"Honor Bright: A Story for Girls" by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards is a delightful tale that captures the essence of honor and integrity. The story revolves around the character of Honor Bright, and through her experiences, readers are reminded of the importance of honesty and goodness. Richards' narrative is both entertaining and morally instructive, making it an excellent choice for young readers seeking engaging stories with valuable life lessons.
Perl Best Practices
Author: Damian Conway
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596001738
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
This book offers a collection of 256 guidelines on the art of coding to help you write better Perl code--in fact, the best Perl code you possibly can. The guidelines cover code layout, naming conventions, choice of data and control structures, program decomposition, interface design and implementation, modularity, object orientation, error handling, testing, and debugging. - Publisher
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596001738
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
This book offers a collection of 256 guidelines on the art of coding to help you write better Perl code--in fact, the best Perl code you possibly can. The guidelines cover code layout, naming conventions, choice of data and control structures, program decomposition, interface design and implementation, modularity, object orientation, error handling, testing, and debugging. - Publisher
American Spies
Author: Michael J. Sulick
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
ISBN: 1647120454
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
A history of Americans who spied against their country and what their stories reveal about national security What’s your secret? American Spies presents the stunning histories of more than forty Americans who spied against their country during the past six decades. Michael Sulick, former head of the CIA’s clandestine service, illustrates through these stories—some familiar, others much less well known—the common threads in the spy cases and the evolution of American attitudes toward espionage since the onset of the Cold War. After highlighting the accounts of many who have spied for traditional adversaries such as Russian and Chinese intelligence services, Sulick shows how spy hunters today confront a far broader spectrum of threats not only from hostile states but also substate groups, including those conducting cyberespionage. Sulick reveals six fundamental elements of espionage in these stories: the motivations that drove them to spy; their access and the secrets they betrayed; their tradecraft, or the techniques of concealing their espionage; their exposure; their punishment; and, finally, the damage they inflicted on America’s national security. The book is the sequel to Sulick’s popular Spying in America: Espionage from the Revolutionary War to the Dawn of the Cold War. Together they serve as a basic introduction to understanding America’s vulnerability to espionage, which has oscillated between peacetime complacency and wartime vigilance, and continues to be shaped by the inherent conflict between our nation’s security needs and our commitment to the preservation of civil liberties. Now available in paperback, with a new preface that brings the conversation up to the present, American Spies is as insightful and relevant as ever.
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
ISBN: 1647120454
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
A history of Americans who spied against their country and what their stories reveal about national security What’s your secret? American Spies presents the stunning histories of more than forty Americans who spied against their country during the past six decades. Michael Sulick, former head of the CIA’s clandestine service, illustrates through these stories—some familiar, others much less well known—the common threads in the spy cases and the evolution of American attitudes toward espionage since the onset of the Cold War. After highlighting the accounts of many who have spied for traditional adversaries such as Russian and Chinese intelligence services, Sulick shows how spy hunters today confront a far broader spectrum of threats not only from hostile states but also substate groups, including those conducting cyberespionage. Sulick reveals six fundamental elements of espionage in these stories: the motivations that drove them to spy; their access and the secrets they betrayed; their tradecraft, or the techniques of concealing their espionage; their exposure; their punishment; and, finally, the damage they inflicted on America’s national security. The book is the sequel to Sulick’s popular Spying in America: Espionage from the Revolutionary War to the Dawn of the Cold War. Together they serve as a basic introduction to understanding America’s vulnerability to espionage, which has oscillated between peacetime complacency and wartime vigilance, and continues to be shaped by the inherent conflict between our nation’s security needs and our commitment to the preservation of civil liberties. Now available in paperback, with a new preface that brings the conversation up to the present, American Spies is as insightful and relevant as ever.
We the People Too!
Author: Thad Cobb
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059528843X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Kacee Gates' one true ambition is to somehow atone for his past sins and be worthy of the love and devotion of his wife and child. Each new attempt, however, results in an inevitable pattern of disappointment and failure. After viewing a program that shows how easily kids are traumatized by discrimination, he realizes what happens to kids manifests itself in adults. He then realizes the dark legacy of discrimination still exists within the American social conscience and reparations are inevitable. Kacee Gates' lawsuit however serves as a catalyst by Reb, the leader of a white supremacist militia group to facilitate his own personal agenda. Can Travis Clearwater, a renegade FBI agent and Moses Truth a civil rights activist stop Reb's plans before the country is forced into a second bloody and violent civil war drawn along racial lines.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059528843X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Kacee Gates' one true ambition is to somehow atone for his past sins and be worthy of the love and devotion of his wife and child. Each new attempt, however, results in an inevitable pattern of disappointment and failure. After viewing a program that shows how easily kids are traumatized by discrimination, he realizes what happens to kids manifests itself in adults. He then realizes the dark legacy of discrimination still exists within the American social conscience and reparations are inevitable. Kacee Gates' lawsuit however serves as a catalyst by Reb, the leader of a white supremacist militia group to facilitate his own personal agenda. Can Travis Clearwater, a renegade FBI agent and Moses Truth a civil rights activist stop Reb's plans before the country is forced into a second bloody and violent civil war drawn along racial lines.
The Gift of the Unicorn and Other Animal Helper Tales for Storytellers, Educators, and Librarians
Author: Dan Keding
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Engage young readers in stories they love while teaching important content with this fun book that features more than 40 folktales from around the world celebrating the animal-human bond. Written by two leaders in the field of storytelling, this compilation of folktales—all retold for elementary readers—emphasizes the admirable qualities of animal-human relationships. Stories source from folktale collections, oral histories, and science and sociology books from around the world and include learning opportunities for taking a stand against bullies, understanding wild and domestic animal habitats, and appreciating nature. Additionally, you'll be able to introduce readers to new cultures, providing a springboard for learning about other people and their ways of life. Each story is accompanied by information that identifies the country or culture of origin, sources, and interesting background facts. Exercises, questions, and suggestions promote further study and help engage readers in what they have learned. The organization of sections of stories on creatures of land, sky, sea, and water; imaginary animals; and crews of animals working together makes it easy to find what suits your audience best.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Engage young readers in stories they love while teaching important content with this fun book that features more than 40 folktales from around the world celebrating the animal-human bond. Written by two leaders in the field of storytelling, this compilation of folktales—all retold for elementary readers—emphasizes the admirable qualities of animal-human relationships. Stories source from folktale collections, oral histories, and science and sociology books from around the world and include learning opportunities for taking a stand against bullies, understanding wild and domestic animal habitats, and appreciating nature. Additionally, you'll be able to introduce readers to new cultures, providing a springboard for learning about other people and their ways of life. Each story is accompanied by information that identifies the country or culture of origin, sources, and interesting background facts. Exercises, questions, and suggestions promote further study and help engage readers in what they have learned. The organization of sections of stories on creatures of land, sky, sea, and water; imaginary animals; and crews of animals working together makes it easy to find what suits your audience best.
Opening Repertoire: The Queen's Gambit
Author: Damian Lemos
Publisher: Everyman Chess
ISBN: 1781942625
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Grandmaster Damian Lemos presents a repertoire for White in the Queen’s Gambit, one of the most famous chess openings. The Queen’s Gambit enjoys a long and illustrious past. It has been played by virtually all the strongest grandmasters in the history of chess, and today it remains a popular choice for players of all levels. White’s opening moves in the Queen’s Gambit are built on sound strategic principles, and it can lead to positions rich in both tactical and positional play. It’s a perfect opening to use in order to develop your chess understanding. It’s a perfect opening to use in order to develop your chess understanding. There are many defences that Black can employ against the Queen’s Gambit and it’s easy to become confused by the countless options for both White and Black. Lemos tackles this problem by providing a concise, easy-to-learn and practical repertoire that is suitable for players of all levels. Using illustrative games, Lemos examines the typical tactics and strategies for both sides, and highlights the key move order issues. This book tells you everything you need to know about playing the Queen’s Gambit. * A complete repertoire with 1 d4 d5 2 c4 * Over 50 games with grandmaster analysis * Written by a Queen’s Gambit expert
Publisher: Everyman Chess
ISBN: 1781942625
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Grandmaster Damian Lemos presents a repertoire for White in the Queen’s Gambit, one of the most famous chess openings. The Queen’s Gambit enjoys a long and illustrious past. It has been played by virtually all the strongest grandmasters in the history of chess, and today it remains a popular choice for players of all levels. White’s opening moves in the Queen’s Gambit are built on sound strategic principles, and it can lead to positions rich in both tactical and positional play. It’s a perfect opening to use in order to develop your chess understanding. It’s a perfect opening to use in order to develop your chess understanding. There are many defences that Black can employ against the Queen’s Gambit and it’s easy to become confused by the countless options for both White and Black. Lemos tackles this problem by providing a concise, easy-to-learn and practical repertoire that is suitable for players of all levels. Using illustrative games, Lemos examines the typical tactics and strategies for both sides, and highlights the key move order issues. This book tells you everything you need to know about playing the Queen’s Gambit. * A complete repertoire with 1 d4 d5 2 c4 * Over 50 games with grandmaster analysis * Written by a Queen’s Gambit expert
McQuaid in August
Author: Shepard Rifkin
Publisher: Crossroad Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Detective Damian McQuaid, of New York’s First Homicide Squad, decides to help a woman who has been receiving obscene phone calls. Such petty squeals are none of McQuaid’s business, but when, as he leaves for the day, he overhears an attractive woman talking to a precinct detective, he volunteers to help her. Unofficially, of course: he knows just what interpretation his buddies in homicide would put on that if they find out. Because she is terrified of being alone, he spends the night on Iris’s sofa, but when he wakes the next morning, he finds that she has been murdered in her bedroom while he slept. Shocked and angry, he decides to investigate on his own time—again, very unofficially; again, for very obvious reasons—and his inquiries lead him to begin a clever, insidious, and dangerous program of harassment in an effort to expose the man McQuaid believes to be the killer. All very unofficially, because McQuaid doesn’t have a single clue that would convict his suspect.
Publisher: Crossroad Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Detective Damian McQuaid, of New York’s First Homicide Squad, decides to help a woman who has been receiving obscene phone calls. Such petty squeals are none of McQuaid’s business, but when, as he leaves for the day, he overhears an attractive woman talking to a precinct detective, he volunteers to help her. Unofficially, of course: he knows just what interpretation his buddies in homicide would put on that if they find out. Because she is terrified of being alone, he spends the night on Iris’s sofa, but when he wakes the next morning, he finds that she has been murdered in her bedroom while he slept. Shocked and angry, he decides to investigate on his own time—again, very unofficially; again, for very obvious reasons—and his inquiries lead him to begin a clever, insidious, and dangerous program of harassment in an effort to expose the man McQuaid believes to be the killer. All very unofficially, because McQuaid doesn’t have a single clue that would convict his suspect.