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Spycraft


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Spycraft

Contributors:

By (Author) H. Keith Melton
By (author) Henry Robert Schlesinger
By (author) Robert Wallace

ISBN:

9780553820072

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Imprint:

Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)

Publication Date:

2nd August 2010

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

History: specific events and topics
History of engineering and technology

Dewey:

327.12

Physical Properties

Number of Pages:

576

Dimensions:

Width 127mm, Height 198mm, Spine 34mm

Weight:

410g

Description

The secret history of the CIA's spy gadgets and the operations in which they were used. Secret instructons written in invisible ink. Cigarettes that fire bullets. Covert communications slipped inside dead rats. Subminature cameras hidden in ballpoint pens. If these sound like the stuff of James Bond's gadget-master Q's trade, think again. They are all real-life devices created by the CIA's Office of Technical Services. Now, in the first book ever written about this ultrasecretive department, the former director of the OTS gives us an unprecedented look at the devices and operations from the history of the CIA - including many deemed 'inappropriate for public disclosure' by the CIA just two years ago. Spycraft tells amazing life and death stories about this little-known group, much of which has never before been revealed. Against the backdrop of some of the most critical international events of recent years - including the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the war on terror - the authors show the real techinical and human story of how the CIA carried out its most secret missions.

Reviews

Great stuff. The stories are pacy, with first-hand accounts from CIA insiders. The anecdotes put you right next to the engineers as they silently drill through a wall to plant a bug, hoping the Soviet official on the other side won't spot anything. A fantastic read. * BBC Focus Magazine *
An intriguing history of ingenious men and women, who could invent a talking tree, an inflatable airplane and an exploding rat. * Sunday Times *

Author Bio

Robert Wallace is the former director of the CIA's Office of Technical Services. H Keith Melton is an internationally recognized authority of spy technology, and the author of seven books including Ultimate Spy. Henry Schlesinger is a contributing editor at Popular Science magazine.

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