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American Spies presents the stunning histories of more than forty
Americans who spied against their country during the past six
decades, offering insight into America's vulnerability to espionage
along the way. Now available in paperback, with a new preface that
brings the conversation up to the present, American Spies is as
relevant as ever.
Can you keep a secret? Maybe you can, but the United States
government cannot. Since the birth of the country, nations large
and small, from Russia and China to Ghana and Ecuador, have stolen
the most precious secrets of the United States. Written by Michael
Sulick, former director of CIA's clandestine service, Spying in
America presents a history of more than thirty espionage cases
inside the United States. These cases include Americans who spied
against their country, spies from both the Union and Confederacy
during the Civil War, and foreign agents who ran operations on
American soil. Some of the stories are familiar, such as those of
Benedict Arnold and Julius Rosenberg, while others, though less
well known, are equally fascinating. From the American Revolution,
through the Civil War and two World Wars, to the atomic age of the
Manhattan Project, Sulick details the lives of those who have
betrayed America's secrets. In each case he focuses on the
motivations that drove these individuals to spy, their access and
the secrets they betrayed, their tradecraft or techniques for
concealing their espionage, their exposure and punishment, and the
damage they ultimately inflicted on America's national security.
Spying in America serves as the perfect introduction to the early
history of espionage in America. Sulick's unique experience as a
senior intelligence officer is evident as he skillfully guides the
reader through these cases of intrigue, deftly illustrating the
evolution of American awareness about espionage and the fitful
development of American counterespionage leading up to the Cold
War.
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