Dictionary of Espionage: Spookspeak into English
New York: Stein and Day, 1986. First? Edition. First? Printing. 203, comprehensive bibliographical essay, fr DJ flap price clipped, author's address sticker on p. 203. Inscribed by the author. Explains 2, 000 words of tradecraft used by the CIA, FBI, and more. In the course of this book, the reader learns about the motivation of spies, how they are financed secretly, writers who doubled as intelligence agents, myths most people believe that have been refuted by photographic and autopsy evidence, and the rules of the intelligence game. Never has the world of intelligence been so accurately--and interestingly--defined. HenryS. A. Becket is a pseudonym for Joseph C. Goulden. The author's inscriptionincludes the author's real name as well as his pseudonym. Condition: very good, good.
Keywords: Reference Works, Lexicon, Glossary, Definitions, Spying, Spooks, Intelligence Agents, Tradecraft, Inscribed
ISBN: 0812830687
[Book #46886]
Price: $50.00