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Espionage Nonfiction Stars

 

Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine, unless noted.

 

 

  • Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II
    by Budiansky, Stephen
    Publisher: Free Press $ 27.50 ISBN: 0684859327 Date: 2000
    starPWstarKirkus
    Based on newly declassified documents, Battle of Wits is a compelling overview of codebreaking in World War II--a riveting history of the dawn of the information age. of photos.
  • The Book of Honor
    by Gup, Ted
    Publisher: Doubleday $ 25.95 ISBN: 0385492936 Date: 2000
    starPW
    A legendary investigative reporter offers a groundbreaking history of covert operations at the CIA, based on highly classified information. One of the agency's most closely guarded secrets - the identity of agents who have died in the line of duty - is revealed in this landmark work of reportage.
  • Spooked: Espionage in Corporate America
    by Penenberg, Adam and Marc Barry
    Publisher: Perseus $ 26 ISBN: 0738202711 Date: 2000
    starPW
    Peopled by riveting characters displaced from now defunct post-Cold War agencies, Spooked exposes a fascinating tapestry of real-life corporate spying and unravels the truth and hypocrisy behind the multi-billion-dollar corporate-intelligence industry.