Broker, trader, lawyer, spy
Subtitle: inside the secret world of corporate espionage
By: Eamon Javers
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780061697203
Description: A shocking exposé of the sordid world of corporate espionage and its historic cast, including Allan Pinkerton, the nation's first "private eye," tycoons and playboys, presidents and FBI operatives, CEOs and accountants, Cold War veterans and military personnel, and Howard Hughes' private CIA.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-294) and index.
Table of contents: title: Code name: Yucca; title: Part I:; title: From Bogus Island to Deep Chocolate; title: A high and honorable calling; title: For the money; title: The man is gone; title: Thug busters; title: The chocolate war; title: Part II:; title: Techniques, technologies, and talent; title: Tactical behavior assessment; title: The Eddie Murphy strategy; title: Nick no-name; title: They're all kind of crazy; title: Is this a great country, or what?; title: In form the cold.