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Author Hitz, Frederick Porter, 1939-

Title Why spy? : espionage in an age of uncertainty / Frederick P. Hitz.

Publication Info. New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2008.

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  327.1273 HITZ    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  327.1273 HI    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description viii, 212 pages ; 19 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-202) and index.
Contents Introduction -- The seven motivations for espionage -- Espionage versus intelligence: how the United States goes about spying -- Ideological commitment -- Money and treasure -- Revenge and score settling -- Sex, intimidation, and blackmail -- Spying for reasons of friendship or ethnic or religious solidarity -- The spy game for the sake of the game -- America's spying competence today -- Intelligence failures and politicization -- The CIA in transition: 1991 to the present -- Intelligence reform -- Spying in the twenty-first century -- Actionable intelligence and the role of law enforcement, the military, and technology -- Foreign liaison services and spying lawfully -- Updating operational and analytical tradecraft -- Why spy? Should we do it? -- A spy for the twenty-first century -- Conclusion: can we make espionage work in the twenty-first century?
Subject Intelligence service -- United States.
Espionage, American.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Espionage.
ISBN 9780312356040
0312356048
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