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.From there hebegins to recount the National Security Agency s contributions tocontaining communism by building an electronic wall around theSoviet Union and its allies.Included are detailed accounts of twohighly controversial attacks on the American intelligence plat-forms: the USS Liberty by Israel and the USS Pueblo by NorthKorea, as well as the role of signals intelligence in the VietnamWar.Bamford s history of the National Security Agency is espe-cially valuable for its highly readable account of its electroniceavesdropping and computer information processing capabili-ties.This edition contains an afterword written following theattacks of September 11, 2001.In it Bamford concludes that theNational Security Agency must undergo a metamorphosis,changing both its culture and technology to meet the newnational security challenges facing the United States.Barron, John.Breaking the Ring: The Bizarre Case of the WalkerFamily Spy Ring.Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987.244p.John Walker is described by many as the greatest spy everrecruited by the KGB.This book details the activities of theWalker spy ring, with particular attention being given to the espi-onage of John Walker and Jerry Whitworth.The account detailsboth the information stolen and the tradecraft used to steal theinformation and pass it along to the Soviets.The efforts of the FBIto capture the Walker spy ring are also presented in great detail,revealing both the strengths and weaknesses of its counterespi-Books 187onage capabilities.Barron intermixes his historical narrative withcommentary concerning the long-term impact of Walker s espi-onage on U.S.national security.Barron, John.KGB: The Secret Work of Soviet Secret Agents.NewYork: Bantam, 1974.623p.From one perspective the KGB is no different from other intelli-gence organizations in that it engages in intelligence analysis,covert action, and espionage.Viewed from another perspectivethe KGB is unique in that it was a key force that the CommunistParty relied upon to rule over the Soviet Union.This book pro-vides insight into both sides of the KGB.It contains chapters onespionage and spying as well as an appendix that details how torecruit Americans abroad and a detailed listing of Soviet citizensstationed abroad engaging in clandestine operations.Taken as awhole, Barron s account provides an excellent base from which tounderstand Cold War Soviet espionage activities against theUnited States.Bennett, Richard.Espionage: An Encyclopedia of Spies andSecrets.London: Virgin, 2002.371p.This book presents an alphabetical listing of spies, spy organiza-tions, and terms.It is historical and comparative in focus.Bennettnot only covers espionage but also other aspects of intelligencesuch as covert action and assassinations.Especially valuable is hiscoverage of the history and structure of foreign intelligenceorganizations.More than fifty countries are covered, ranging insize from Switzerland, the Vatican, and Albania to the superpow-ers.There is a section of photographs in the center of the book.The book also contains an index and brief summary bibliography.Blitzer, Wolf.Territory of Lies: The Exclusive Story of Jonathan JayPollard: The American Who Spied on His Country for Israel andHow He Was Betrayed.New York: Harper and Row, 1989.336p.The author, who works for the Jerusalem Post and CNN, basesmuch of his account on exclusive interviews with Pollard whilePollard was in prison.He presents a straightforward account ofPollard s life as a spy and of his detection and capture.Central toBlitzer s account is the gradual and deliberate corruption ofPollard by his Israeli handlers.One of the strengths of this bookis the insight it provides into the workings and outlook of Israeli188 Print and Nonprint Resourcesintelligence.In the concluding chapter the author seeks to answerseveral of the more troubling questions raised by the Pollard case.Burrows, William.Deep Black: Space Espionage and NationalSecurity.New York: Random House, 1986.401p.Where many accounts of espionage focus on individual stories,Burrows centers his account of espionage in the Cold War com-petition between the United States and Soviet Union.Three areasare identified in which space espionage plays an important role innational security: providing details on the enemy s weapons sys-tems, virtually eliminating the possibility of surprise attack, andsupporting arms control.The author begins his history with theAmerican Civil War and how artists were sent aloft in tetheredballoons to construct pictures of the evolving battlefields.He thenmoves through World War I and World War II and the develop-ment of the SR-71 (Blackbird) and U-2 spy planes.As the title sug-gests, however, the bulk of his account is with the developmentand operation of spy satellites.Although most of the book dealswith American space espionage, it also presents information onSoviet space espionage.Calvocoressi, Peter.Top Secret Ultra.New York: Ballantine, 1980.149p.This slim volume presents an insider s account of how Britishintelligence was able to break German codes and ciphers duringWorld War II.Enigma was the name the Germans gave to theircipher machine.This machine took every letter of a message andtransformed it into another letter.The task facing the British wasto determine what the logic or rules were by which this transpo-sition occurred.ULTRA was the code name given to the intelligencethe British obtained by breaking Enigma.World War II battles inwhich ULTRA proved invaluable are chronicled in the book.In thefinal chapter the author also briefly touches upon some of thecryptoanalytic successes of the Germans during the war.Dulles, Allen.The Craft of Intelligence.New York: Harper andRow, 1963.277p.Written by one of the founding figures in American intelligence,this work remains a classic and is still cited in contemporary stud-ies of intelligence.Dulles provides a historical overview of thedevelopment of intelligence in the United States and discussesBooks 189the various dimensions of intelligence work, including espionageand counterintelligence.Dulles also addresses the questions ofthe role of intelligence in a free society and its place in the ColdWar.Particularly valuable is the insight it provides on the day-to-day, on-the-street life of an agent.Felix, Christopher.A Short Course in the Secret War.4th ed.Lanham, MD: Madison, 2001.351p.A widely popular and readable account of intelligence operationswritten by a former practitioner.The book is divided into twoparts.Part I presents an overview of the different aspects of intel-ligence: analysis, espionage, counterespionage, and covert action.Part II presents an account of the author s personal involvementin intelligence operations in Soviet-occupied Hungary in 1946and 1947.Together the two parts provide an excellent introduc-tion to espionage and associated intelligence activities [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]