Survive Like a Spy
Subtitle: Real CIA Operatives Reveal How They Stay Safe in a Dangerous World and How You Can Too
By: Jason Hanson
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: TarcherPerigee
Published: March 6, 2018
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780143131595; 9781524705251; 9780143131601
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Emergency management; Survival; Accidents; Disasters; Prevention
Description: Follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life--revealing high-stakes techniques and survival secrets from real intelligence officers in life-or-death situations around the world

Everyone loves a good spy story, but most of the ones we hear are fictional. That's because the most dangerous and important spycraft is done in secret, often hidden in plain sight.

In this powerful new book, bestselling author and former CIA officer Jason Hanson takes the reader deep inside the world of espionage, revealing true stories and expert tactics from real agents engaged in life-threatening missions around the world.

With breathtaking accounts of spy missions in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and elsewhere, the book reveals how to:

* Achieve mental sharpness to be ready for anything
* Escape if taken hostage
* Set up a perfect safe site
* Assume a fake identity 
* Master the "Weapons of Mass Influence" to recruit others, build rapport, and make allies when you need them most

With real-life spy drama that reads like a novel paired with expert practical techniques, Survive Like a Spy will keep you on the edge of your seat – and help you stay safe when you need it most.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-240).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Welcome to the real world of CIA operatives; title: Spy sense: do you have what it takes to be a spy?; title: When one mission becomes two: using cover stops, hunker-down sites, and secret catches to spy on a terrorist cell; title: Dr. X and the puffer fish: How secret signals, covert communication, and a five-hour surveillance detection route saved America from a deadly biological weapon; title: Gathering intelligence in a war zone: surviving bombings and brutality during a civil war in El Salvador; title: Stealing a top-secret hologram from the Russians: how to get anyone to do what you want; title: Snatching and grabbing a narco-terrorist: how to survive a kidnapping; title: Protecting the greatest minds in the world from hostile foreign countries: how to travel safely when others want to harm you; title: Turning a soldier into a spy: how a first-time case officer taught a decorated war hero to do brush passes, dead drops, and signaling to help the United States; title: Giving a high-level ambassador a bugged painting: how to embed cameras and mircophones when it's you who needs to spy on someone; title: The spy who sold China computers secretly infected with malware: how CIA officers avoid being hacked, spied on, or scammed; title: Taking control: what you can do right now to lead a secure life and survive anything from blackouts to economic collapses to home invasions.