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From two men who know better than anyone how espionage really works, an unprecedented history?heavily illustrated with neverbefore- seen images?of the CIA?s most secretive operations and the gadgets that made them possible. It is a world where the intrigue of reality exceeds that of fiction. What is an invisible photo used for? What does it take to build a quiet helicopter? How does one embed a listening device in a cat? If these sound like challenges for Q, James Bond?s fictional gadget-master, think again. They?re all real-life devices created by the CIA?s Office of Technical Service?an ultrasecretive department that combines the marvels of state-of-the-art technology with the time-proven traditions of classic espionage. And now, in the first book ever written about this office, the former director of OTS teams up with an internationally renowned intelligence historian to take readers into the laboratory of espionage.
About the Author
Robert Wallace, a retired intelligence officer, also publishes under the name Bob Wallace. His first book, NINE FROM THE NINTH, is a memoir of 1969 while assigned to Company E, 75th Infantry (Rangers) Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol company in Vietnam. This was followed by SPYCRAFT: The Secret History of the CIA Spytechs from Communism to al-Qaeda and THE OFFICIAL CIA MANUAL OF TRICKERY AND DECEPTION.Look for his newest project with co-author H. Keith Melton, SPY SITES OF PHILADELPHIA. This volume completes a three book series of spy sites in Washington, Philadelphia and New York which, together, provide the only-one-of-its-kind historical perspective of the impact of spying in American from the Revolutionary War to the 21st century.Wallace books are definitive bestsellers in the field of intelligence and espionage history.Robert Wallace lives in Virginia and may be contacted at bobwq@hotmail.com.
