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Washington, DC stands at the epicenter of world espionage. Mapping this history from the halls of government to tranquil suburban neighborhoods reveals scores of dead drops, covert meeting places, and secret facilities -- a constellation of clandestine sites unknown to even the most avid history buffs. Until now. Spy Sites of Washington, DC traces over two centuries of secret history from the Mt. Vernon study of spymaster George Washington to the Cleveland Park apartment of the "Queen of Cuba." With two hundred twenty main entries as well as listings for dozens more spy sites, intelligence historians Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton weave incredible true stories of derring-do and double-crosses that put even the best spy fiction to shame.



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Robert Wallace

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.



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