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PublisherGeorgetown University Press
ISBN-101626163766
ISBN-139781626163768
eBay Product ID (ePID)222050984
Product Key Features
Book TitleSpy Sites of Washington, DC : a Guide to the Capital Region's Secret History
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
TopicUnited States / South / South Atlantic (DC, De, Fl, Ga, Md, Nc, SC, VA, WV), Espionage, Intelligence & Espionage, Security (National & International)
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Political Science, True Crime
AuthorRobert Wallace, H. Keith Melton
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-010529
ReviewsReaders can trust the expertise of the authors. . . . A guide book that should be invaluable for weeks of Sunday afternoon spy walks or drives. . . . A first-rate spy read: five cloaks, five daggers., Most Americans acknowledge that our nation's capital is ground zero in terms of spies per square inch. This new volume by Keith Melton and Bob Wallace puts flesh on those bones, combining museum-worthy stories and actual addresses of the most famous espionage cases in America. The resulting book is a delectable history that lives and breathes as the pages are turned. Espionage aficionados and urban explorers alike will be delighted with this experience., The authors' incredibly well researched "Spy Sites" explores every nook and cranny of the nation's capital where a vast number of American spies and their foreign collaborators lived, worked and secretly betrayed the country's secrets for over two centuries. This is not just a guidebook of those landmarks but a must-read, comprehensive history of espionage in America. Another tour de force by Wallace and Melton!, Fun, educational, and should get everybody to put down their electronics and roam around the city. This is the ultimate Baedeker Guide for spy enthusiasts about one of the greatest espionage targets in history: Washington, DC., This delightfully informative book is a Who's Who of spy vs. spy skullduggery in the world's most powerful city. Spy experts Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton take us on a mesmerizing tour of traitors and tradecraft revealing the wheres and whys of Washington's second-oldest profession. It's a must-read for both the curious and serious researchers. Bravo!, Wallace and Melton are expert chroniclers of the spy business. Spy Sites of Washington, DC is admirably detailed and thoroughly enjoyable. If you loved their book Spycraft on the intricate world of espionage tradecraft, you will find Spy Sites an essential guide to the intelligence landmarks of Washington., A pleasurable read, Spy Sites of Washington, DC is recommended for those interested in espionage history, as well as any history-minded visitors or residents of the nation's capital.
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Table Of ContentForeword Peter Earnest Preface Introduction 1. A New Capital for Espionage, 1790-1860 2. Civil War Spies, 1861-1865 3. Worldwide Intelligence and World War, 1866-1932 4. Spies of World War II, 1933-1945 5. Spies Not Guns in the Early Cold War, 1946-1961 6. The Cold War Heats Up, 1962-1991 7. New Threats and Old Adversaries, 1992-2015 Appendix A: Spy Sites Maps Appendix B: The US Intelligence Community Illustration Credits Index About the Authors
SynopsisLifting the cloak on over two centuries of espionage in the Washington region, the authors tell the stories and give coordinates for the headline-making cases and long-forgotten spy games that have changed the course of world affairs. Contains 220 main entries as well as listings for dozens more spy sites, maps, and more than 300 photos., A guidebook that lifts the cloak on over two centuries of espionage in the Washington region. It tells the stories and offers coordinates for the headline-making cases and long-forgotten spy games that have changed the course of world affairs. It comes with 220 main entries as well as listings for dozens more spy sites, maps and photos., Washington, DC, stands at the epicenter of world espionage. Mapping this history from the halls of government to tranquil suburban neighborhoods reveals scoresof dead drops, covert meeting places, and secret facilities-a constellation ofclandestine sites unknown to even the most avid history buffs. Until now. Spy Sites of Washington, DC traces more than two centuries of secret history from the Mount Vernon study of spymaster George Washington to the Cleveland Park apartment of the "Queen of Cuba." In 220 main entries as well as listings for dozens more spy sites, intelligence historians Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton weave incredible true stories of derring-do and double-crosses that put even the best spy fiction to shame. Maps and more than three hundred photos allow readers to follow in the winding footsteps of moles and sleuths, trace the covert operations that influenced wars hot and cold, and understand the tradecraft traitors and spies alike used in the do-or-die chess games that have changed the course of history. Informing and entertaining, Spy Sites of Washington, DC is the comprehensive guidebook to the shadow history of our nation's capital., Washington Post Bestseller Washington, DC, stands at the epicenter of world espionage. Mapping this history from the halls of government to tranquil suburban neighborhoods reveals scores of dead drops, covert meeting places, and secret facilities--a constellation of clandestine sites unknown to even the most avid history buffs. Until now. Spy Sites of Washington, DC traces more than two centuries of secret history from the Mount Vernon study of spymaster George Washington to the Cleveland Park apartment of the "Queen of Cuba." In 220 main entries as well as listings for dozens more spy sites, intelligence historians Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton weave incredible true stories of derring-do and double-crosses that put even the best spy fiction to shame. Maps and more than three hundred photos allow readers to follow in the winding footsteps of moles and sleuths, trace the covert operations that influenced wars hot and cold, and understand the tradecraft traitors and spies alike used in the do-or-die chess games that have changed the course of history. Informing and entertaining, Spy Sites of Washington, DC is the comprehensive guidebook to the shadow history of our nation's capital., Washington Post Bestseller Washington, DC, stands at the epicenter of world espionage. Mapping this history from the halls of government to tranquil suburban neighborhoods reveals scoresof dead drops, covert meeting places, and secret facilities--a constellation ofclandestine sites unknown to even the most avid history buffs. Until now. Spy Sites of Washington, DC traces more than two centuries of secret history from the Mount Vernon study of spymaster George Washington to the Cleveland Park apartment of the "Queen of Cuba." In 220 main entries as well as listings for dozens more spy sites, intelligence historians Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton weave incredible true stories of derring-do and double-crosses that put even the best spy fiction to shame. Maps and more than three hundred photos allow readers to follow in the winding footsteps of moles and sleuths, trace the covert operations that influenced wars hot and cold, and understand the tradecraft traitors and spies alike used in the do-or-die chess games that have changed the course of history. Informing and entertaining, Spy Sites of Washington, DC is the comprehensive guidebook to the shadow history of our nation's capital.
LC Classification NumberUB271.U5W35 2017
As told toSchlesinger, Henry R.
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