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Title: Espionage : The Greatest Spy Operations of the Twentieth Century by Ernest Volkman ISBN: 0-471-16157-8 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: September, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: I Spy
Comment: This book is basically a series of short stories dealing with major spy operations, mostly involving World War II. The stories are interesting and well written but there is a certain similarity and synergism to the stories that does not come out well in this format. Also, the author gives compelling evidence that Amelia Earhart was on an espionage mission when she disappeared but the story leaves you wanting more.
I would use this book as an introduction to this genre and if you are interested there are a number of novels dealing with the individual stories. A number of books have been written about the Walker spy ring as well as other spy operations.
Rating: 3
Summary: A Good Book But
Comment: While I thought this was a good book and covered some very interesting topics I found myself a bit disappointed that the stories did not delve deeper into what they initially touched on. I would have enjoyed this more had the book been, say, three times as long and the stories gone deeper. I finished each chapter, or case, realizing that this was quite interesting and insightful to what had happened, many times in a historical concept. But found myself wondering about the little intricacies that would have been necessary to pull these capers off.
This book is would be a good start to preview some espionage cases and pick the ones you like to research further.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very Good Book
Comment: Very well written. The pages fly by. Gives breezy summaries of some of the leading espionage capers in modern times. It was a joy to read.
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Title: Spies : The Secret Agents Who Changed the Course of History by Ernest Volkman ISBN: 0471193615 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 17 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Spy Book : The Encyclopedia of Espionage by Norman Polmar ISBN: 0375702490 Publisher: Random House Reference & Pub. Date: 18 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: A Century of Spies: Intelligence in the Twentieth Century by Jeffrey T. Richelson, Jeffery T. Richelson ISBN: 019511390X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: July, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Ultimate Spy by H. Keith Melton, Richard Helms, Markus Wolf, Dorling Kindersley Publishing ISBN: 0789489724 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Hidden Secrets: A Complete History of Espionage and the Technology Used to Support It by David Owen, Antonio J. Mendez ISBN: 1552975649 Publisher: Firefly Books Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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