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SPYCRAFT: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda by Robert Wallace & H. Keith Melton with Henry R. Schlesinger PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED, DATED AND SIGNED BY ROBERT WALLACE ON THE TITLE PAGE THUS; "To Adrian Mullett - Welcome to an amazing world where magic and advanced technology become indistinguishable. Expect the unexpected from the Spytechs! With best wishes, Robert Wallace January 2011; Dutton 2008 1st ed/4th printing with a Foreword by George J. Tenet, Director, Central Intelligence 1997-2004, 549pp., text generally in decent order albeit with slight browning to pages & tiny creases to the bottom corners of a handful of pages, browning & very slight staining to the page extremities at the very top, spinevery slightly cocked & boards very slightly warped, very minor bumping & rubbing to board corners & to the top & bottom of both boards, bumping & rubbing to the top of the spine - much heavier to the base, the dust jacket has very slight internal staining, a crease down the left hand side of the inside rear blurb, is a bit rubbed & creased at top & bottom with scuffing (+ minute loss) to the corners, creasing to the top & bottom of the spine, both front & rear have many marks, scratches & indentations.From an online review (edited): "One of the most important periods of modern history was that of the Cold War, between 1945-1991.This war was unconventional and it was maily hidden from the public on both sides of the conflict.The main action took place in the field of intelligence.The main players in this war of mirrors - the Great Game of the 20th Century - were spies. I have maintained for a long time that it was the secret services of the East and the West that were responsible for preventing a Third World War. Paradoxically, this was achieved by this hidden war which was played in the misty dead drop sites of Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, Washington, London and other less famous espionage sites. These were the heydays of hundreds of thousands of spooks - some more famous than the others. Most of them - especially the professional ones - have used a variety of means in order to accomplish their assignments successfully. In a very interesting and detailed book - perhaps the best there is today on this fascinating subject - Wallace and Melton elaborate on the many gadgets the CIA has developed and employed in this battle of wits.There was a special department within the CIA which was responsible for this. What was considered to dwell only in the imagination of authors and scriptwriters was for real. The mentors of the CIA (and its predecessor, the OSS) were their British cousins who have taught their colleagues some useful lessons in the field of espionage.The CIA has surpassed their masters creating for many decades a miscellany of low- and especially high-tech astounding, innovative technologies. Among them there were cameras, microphones,concealment devices, physical and psychological disguises, ivory letter-opening devices, combustible notebooks, special dead droprocks, microdot viewers, audio transmitters and bugs. Even animals, such as:bats, cats and rats, were employed in this world ofclandestine operations. We get a detailed story about the modus operandi of two of the most famous spies who worked for the West: Oleg Penkovsky and his "worthy successor" Adolf Tolkachev. Both of them saved the US Intelligence and taxpayer billions of dollars. The book has two main sections.The first one is about the spytechs and the second is about the fundamentals of the spycraft. You will enjoy every page of this reliable, impeccably researched, readable, fascinating and revealing book. The real bonus is an array of never-before-seen photos and diagrams and the authors' message is conveyed clearly: without this kind of James-Bond's-Q-masterminded technology, the West would have lost the Cold War. The other thing is this: in our Digital Age everything becomes obsolete in a very short time, thus, those engaged in this trade should never stop racking their brains in order to create novel devices to be used against the adversary. This book is a must-read for pros and buffs of espionage and Cold War history".Robert Wallace is the former director of the CIA's Office of Technical Service. The recipient of the Intelligence Medal of Merit, he is thefounder of the Artemus Consulting Group, a private national security firm, and a contributor to the CIA's Center for the Study ofIntelligence. H. Keith Melton is recognized internationally as an authority on spy technology. He is a historical consultant for theCIA, a Professor at the Center for Counterintelligence and Security Studies, and the author of several books, including Ultimate Spy.Henry R. Schlesinger is a contributing editor at Popular Science magazine, covering intelligence technologies, counter terrorism, andlaw enforcement.Will ship by Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for well packaged.(£5.55/mil).aucCounter a .aucCounter span:hover .aucHiddenCounter .aucCounterOrangeText .aucCounterBlueText Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter