From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author, a brand-new series about the Cold War-and a different breed of warrior. In the first weeks after World War II, a squeaky-clean new second lieutenant named James D. Cronley Jr. is spotted and recruited for a new enterprise that will eventually be transformed into something called the CIA. One war may have ended, but another one has already begun, against an enemy that is bigger, smarter, and more vicious:...

A history of intelligence from its classical origins to the onset of the surveillance state in the digital age.

Hansen is a double agent working for the East German secret police. He has infiltrated the American Military Intelligence Division, part of a network planning to invade the GDR. Hansen's mission is to obtain and bring back classified, top-secret documents. After the cover of several US spies is blown, Hansen's boss suspects a leak in his own ranks and has Hansen take a lie detector test. This first East German spy thriller was a great hit with East...

Journey beneath the diplomatic veneer of international politics and beyond the reach of conventional military operations into the epicenter of clandestine affairs-- where diplomats dance and spies collide in wars that never make the news. As the next step in its expansionist agenda, the Kremlin devises a covert coup far more devastating than Bin Laden's most dangerous dream. With the American economy in his crosshairs, Russian President Vladimir Korovin...

In the nine episodes of The Secret World of Espionage, shine a light into the shadowy world of spy craft with a distinguished panel of historians--including a former intelligence case officer--in search of the secret meeting places, complex codes, stealth observations, and cutting-edge technologies spies have used throughout history. How much does pop culture get wrong about espionage? What traits make for exceptional spies and possible double agents?...

A 2020 American documentary film directed and produced by Sonia Kennebeck follows an average American family that become entangled in a bizarre web of espionage and corporate secrets when the U.S. government targets the family's hacker son.

Mallory Bright is the only daughter of London's master locksmith. For her there is no lock too elaborate, no secret too well kept. Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster and protector of Queen Elizabeth, the last of the Tudor monarchs, and her realm, is quick to realise Mallory's talent and draws her into his world of intrigue, danger and deception. With her by his side, no scheme in England or abroad is safe from discovery; no plot secure. But Mallory's...

A secret empire calls for secret warriors! A Hydra-controlled Captain America is coming for the Inhumans! But S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Daisy Johnson wants no part of Hydra, and she's heading underground! Recruiting Ms. Marvel, Moon Girl, Devil Dinosaur, Karnak and Inferno to her cause, she'll fight to set things right--not just for her people, but for the entire country! But can even Quake handle the seismic rifts between her own teammates? ... It's one...

A chronicle of the English spymaster's contributions to the regime of Elizabeth I describes his organization of an intelligence network, role in declaring war against Catholic Irish rebels, and participation in the execution of Mary Queen of Scots.