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Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare
Covers the development of espionage, intelligence, electronic warfare, codes & cyphers
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PREPARING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: AN APPRAISAL OF US INTELLIGENCE

A study of the role and capabilities of US Intelligence in the mid 1990s. With chapters on the role of intelligence, global crime, organzational arrangements, The Central Intelligence Agency, Improved Analysis, International Co-operation. An interesting volyume inasmuch as the views expressed pre-date 9/11

1996, US Govt Printing Office, US Govt Printing Office, 0160485355,< R-03>,xxv + 151pp + 67pp of appendices, diagrams, large format, shelf wear only, vg, , CARD
Subject...Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare
Web No. 24760-01..............................£24.00 

THE SECRET WIRELESS WAR: BEYOND BLETCHLEY PARK: BLACK PROPAGANDA

VHS Video with 2 one hour films. Part One, ‘Beyond Bletchley Park’, focuses on the Ultra interepts, exploring how the German Wireless Signals were intercepted by volunteers and passed to British Intelligence where they were deciphered by the codebreakers at Bletchley Park. It looks at the Special Liason Units where portable wireless sets were created for use by SOE agents. Operations at Arkley House, Barnet, Little Horwood and Whaddon Hall are also featured. Part Two, ‘Black Propaganda’ follows the work at Milton Bryan and Whaddon Hall, where Sefton Delmer and his team created false (“black”) propaganda broadcasts which were beamed to Germany and occupied Europe. The two one-hour films uncover just how important wireless intelligence was in WWII, how it shortened the conflict and saved countless Allied lives.

2002, Grindelwald Productions, , ,< R-03>,2 x 1 hour films in one video. , New, ,
Subject...Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare
Web No. 31854-02..............................£14.99 

TIME-LIFE THE NEW FACE OF WAR SERIES: ELECTRONIC SPIES

Chapters include The Satellite's Prying Eye, Spyplane Supreme, Computer tricks for the Intepreter's Trade, Robots for Overhead Surveillance, Wavelengths and Pulse Rates, An New age of Aerial Imagery

1991, Time Life, , 0809486202,< R-03>,160pp extensively illustrated., Illustrated Boards. Very good. PO Stamp inside cover. Spine Label, ,
Subject...Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare
Web No. 33586-01..............................£9.00 

TIME-LIFE WORLD WAR II SERIES: THE SECRET WAR

One of the renowned Time-Life World War II series. This volume covers the campaign against 'Fifth Columnists' & careless talk,the hunt for German agents & the activities of Admiral Canaris' Abwehr. There is a detailed section covering the code breakers at Bletchly Park where 'Ultra' intelligence from captured Enigma machines meant that the Allies had warning of all major enemy activities throughout the war. The work of Resistance & the agents of SOE & OSS is highlighted as are the efforts to counter German secret weapons such as the V-1 & V-2 Terror Weapons

1981, Time Life, World War II series, 089425467,< R-03>,208pp, 150 photos., vg, ,
Subject...Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare
Web No. 3801-02..............................£12.00 

THE MITROKHIN ARCHIVE
by Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin

Vasili Mitrokhin worked in the archives of the KGB for over 30 years. All the time he was secretly copying highly sensitive files and, at great personal risk, smuggling them out of the country. He himself was brought out of Russia in the early nineties by the British Secret Services but remained incognito until the publication of this book. It gives an unprecedented insight into the workings of the KGB and reveals the names of British agents.

1999, Allen Lane, Penguin Press, , 0713993588,< R-03>,800pp, dw slightly rubbed ow very good, ,
Subject...Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare
Web No. 28779-01..............................£18.00 

HISTORY OF CODES AND CIPHERS IN THE UNITED STATES 1919-1929
by (Editor) Wayne G Barker

No.22. in the Cryptographic Series. Originally a classified publication. The history of the War Department's Code and Cipher Section and also The Cipher Bureau [MI-8], plus the Activities of the "Black Chamber", its problems and why it was disbanded in 1929.

1979, Aegean Park Press, , 0894120395,< R-03>,186pp, vg, , CARD
Subject...Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare
Web No. 12598-02..............................£30.00 

THE HISTORY OF CODES AND CIPHERS IN THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS 1930-1939
by Wayne G Barker

No. 54 in the Cryptographic Series. Includes the formation of Signal Intelligence Service, development of cipher machines, secret US Army-Navy communications, the effective laying of the foundations for the sucesfull activities in WWII

1989, Aegean Park Press, , 0894121650,< R-03>,99pp, Covers marked but text unmarked., , CARD
Subject...Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare
Web No. 4461-02..............................£25.00 

BEHIND THE BATTLE: INTELLIGENCE IN THE WAR WITH GERMANY 1939-1945
by Ralph Bennett

By 1942 British Intelligence was having a direct impact on the battles and campaigns fought against Germany. The targeting of the supplies to the Afrika Korps was an early example of the improvements. Ultra intelligence played an indispensable part in the final victory, and the author was a leading producer of Ultra at Bletchley Park during

1999, Pimlico Publications, , 0712665218,< R-03>,404pp maps., New in card cover, , CARD
Subject...Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare
Web No. 18387-03..............................£14.00 

ABEL
by Louise Bernikow

Mass market paperback,pages browning, creasing on cover, faded spine, previous owner name on back inside cover. Emil Goldfus a quiet charming man living in an artists community in brooklyn in the early 1950's. revealed to be Colonel Rudolph Abel a soviet spy who was later used in the spy swap for Gary Powers.

1982, Ballantine Books, , 0345392125,< R-03>,306pp, Mass market paperback. Faded spine and slightly creased covers. Pages browning, , CARD
Subject...Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare
Web No. 1933-01..............................£3.00 

THE SPRINGING OF GEORGE BLAKE
by S Bourke

The escape of the notorious traitor from Wormwood Scrubs Prison in 1966 written by Blake's fellow prisoner who effectively planned and engineered the escape and Blake's journey to Moscow. Blake had been sentenced to 42 years - the longest term ever imposed under English law.

1970, , Literary Guild, ,< R-03>,355pp, 10 ills, fold-out map, g in worn dw, ,
Subject...Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare
Web No. 21585-01..............................£13.00 

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