Title: Spying for America :
Authors: Miller, Nathan,
Date: 1989
Publisher: Paragon House,
Physical description: xi, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: U
Abstract: A readable, fair-minded, and comprehensive review of American intelligence operations since the Revolution and spymaster George Washington. Stories of secret agents, unwelcome analysis, technical ingenuity, and controversial covert action illuminate its episode evolution from 1775 to the present. This book provides an overall account of American intelligence that places it within the context of two centuries of national history. On the Military Intelligence History Reading List 2012.
Contents: 1. The spy as amateur: George Washington, spymaster. Spies who went out into the cold. "Surrounded by spies". A more perfect Union. Nobody here but us patriots. Amateurs at war. War by other means. "On special service" -- 2. The spy as professional: The beginnings of professionalism. Prophet without honor. Twilight of intelligence. Enemies within ... and without. The road from Pearl Harbor. The unsecret service -- 3. The spy as bureaucrat: Onward Cold War soldiers. The struggle for the world. To bear any burden. All honorable men. An age of uncertainty. Once more into the breach.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Military intelligence--United States--History.