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Intelligence Book List

This bibliography provides a wide spectrum of views on intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency. The readings cover history, technology, and opinion, and also tell about some of the key personalities associated with intelligence. The list offers the reader a variety of perspectives in order to better understand intelligence, its role in national security, and the forces that have shaped it over the years. This is not intended to be a complete list of works on intelligence, nor does inclusion of a work imply endorsement by the US Government.
Factbook on Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency (1997)
Intelligence in the War for Independence Central Intelligence Agency (1997)
Spies of the Revolution John Edwin and Katherine Bakeless
Philadelphia, Lippincott (1962) 192 pgs.
Confederate Spy Stories John Edwin and Katherine Bakeless Philadelphia, Lippincott (1973) 159 pgs.
The U.S. Frogmen of World War II Wyatt Blassingame
New York, Random House (1964) 171 pgs.
The Central Intelligence Agency Rafaela Ellis
New York, Chelsea House (1988) 92 pgs.
The First Book of Codes and Ciphers Sam and Beryl Epstein
New York, F. Watts (1956) 59 pgs.
The Magnet Book of Spies and Spying Jock Haswell
London, Methuen Children's (1987) 122 pgs.
Spies Tim Healey
London, Macdonald Educational (1978) 61 pgs.
How to Keep a Secret: Writing Talking in Code Elizabeth James, Carol Barkin, Joel Schick
New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard (1978) 56 pgs.
Espionage Graeme Kent
London, Batsford (1974) 96 pgs.
Covert Action Michael Kronenwetter
New York, Franklin Watts (1991) 144 pgs.
Women in Espionage: a Biographical Dictionary M.H. Mahoney
Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO (1993) 253 pgs.
All About Ciphers Phyllis Megros
London, Collins (1943) 80 pgs.
How Spies Work Ronald Seth
London, G. Bles (1957) 175 pgs.
Famous Spies Frank Surge
Minneapolis, Lerner Publications Co. (1969) 63 pgs.
Secret Messages, How to Read and Write Them Paul Bernard Thomas
New York, A.A. Knopf (1928) 6 pgs.
The Spy's Guidebook Falcon Travis
London, Osborne Publishing (1978) 192 pgs.
The Knowhow Book of Spycraft Falcon Travis, Judy Hindley, Colin King
London, Osborne Publishing (1975) 47 pgs.
The Ultimate Spy Book H. Keith Melton
New York, DK Publishing (1996) 176 pgs.
Spy Book: The Encyclopedia of Espionage Norman Polmar, Thomas B. Allen
The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg Nicholas Dawidoff
Pantheon Books, New York, 1994
The Encyclopedia of American Intelligence and Espionage G. J. A. O'Toole
Facts on File: New York, Oxford 1988
Women in Espionage - A Biographical Dictionary M. H. Mahoney
ABC-Clio: Santa Barbara, Denver, Oxford, 1993


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